Coping with cyberbullying: Differences between victims, bully-victims and children not involved in bullying

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-24

  Völlink, Trijntje ^a   Bolman, Catherine A W ^a   Dehue, Francine ^a   Jacobs, Niels C L ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antisocial behaviour; Coping strategies; Cyberbullying; Daily stress; Depression; Health complaints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871710541     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2142     Document Type: Article

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