Cyberball: The impact of ostracismon the well-being of early adolescents

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-109

  Ruggieri, Sabrina ^a   Bendixen, Mons ^b   Gabriel, Ute ^b   Alsaker, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyberball; Early adolescents; Ostracism; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875279486     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000103     Document Type: Article

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