Bystanders' Reactions to Bullying: A Cross-cultural Analysis of Personal Correlates Among Italian and Singaporean Students

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 686-703

  Pozzoli, Tiziana ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^b   Gini, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cultural differences; Participant roles in bullying; Perceived peer pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867478238     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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