Children's cyberbullying victimization: Associations with social anxiety and social competence in a Spanish sample

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-295

  Navarro, Raúl ^a   Yubero, Santiago ^a   Larrañaga, Elisa ^a   Martínez, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyberbullying; Interpersonal difficulties; Social anxiety; Social skills; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865956272     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-011-9132-4     Document Type: Article

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