Testing assumptions about cyberbullying: Perceived distress associated with acts of conventional and cyber bullying

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-38

  Bauman, Sheri ^a   Newman, Matthew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bullying; cyberbullying; distress; factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875393796     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029867     Document Type: Article

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