Bystanders' support of cyberbullied schoolmates

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-36

  Macháčková, Hana ^a   Dedkova, Lenka ^a   Sevcikova, Anna ^a   Cerna, Alena ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bystanders; Cyberbullying; School environment; Supportive behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871679996     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2135     Document Type: Article

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