Peer victimisation and depressive symptoms: Can specific coping strategies buffer the negative impact of cybervictimisation?

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 403-420

  Machmutow, Katja ^a   Perren, Sonja ^a   Sticca, Fabio ^a   Alsaker, Françoise D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

assertiveness; coping; cyberbullying; cybervictimisation; depressive symptoms; longitudinal; support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYBERVICTIMISATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; VICTIM;

EID: 84865305615     PISSN: 13632752     EISSN: 17412692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632752.2012.704310     Document Type: Article

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