Cyberbullying among adolescent bystanders: Role of the communication medium, form of violence, and empathy

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-51

  Barlińska, Julia ^a   Szuster, Anna ^a   Winiewski, Mikolaj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b THE MARIA GRZEGORZEWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bystanders; Cyberbullying; Empathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871689288     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2137     Document Type: Article

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