Affective and cognitive empathy as mediators of gender differences in cyber and traditional bullying

School Psychology International

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 550-561

  Topcu, Çiǧdem ^a   Erdur Baker, Özgür ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

affective empathy; cognitive empathy; cyberbullying; gender; multiple mediators; traditional bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869831306     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034312446882     Document Type: Article

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