Children's Physiological and Emotional Reactions to Witnessing Bullying Predict Bystander Intervention

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 375-390

  Barhight, Lydia R ^a   Hubbard, Julie A ^a   Hyde, Christopher T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b BioAssessments ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; VICTIM;

BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84872917601     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01839.x     Document Type: Article

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