Uncovering the structure of and gender and developmental differences in cyber bullying

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 442-455

  Griezel, Lucy ^a   Finger, Linda R ^a   Bodkin Andrews, Gawaian H ^a   Craven, Rhonda G ^a   Yeung, Alexander Seeshing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cyber bullying; gender differences; grade differences; measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866380053     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2011.629692     Document Type: Review

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