Cyberbullying definition among adolescents: A comparison across six European countries

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 455-463

  Menesini, Ersilia ^a   Nocentini, Annalaura ^a   Palladino, Benedetta Emanuela ^a   Frisén, Ann ^b   Berne, Sofia ^b   Ortega Ruiz, Rosario ^c   Calmaestra, Juan ^c   Scheithauer, Herbert ^d   Schultze Krumbholz, Anja ^d   Luik, Piret ^e   Naruskov, Karin ^e   Blaya, Catherine ^f   Berthaud, Julien ^f   Smith, Peter K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84864716544     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0040     Document Type: Article

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