School bullying: Development and some important challenges

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 751-780

  Olweus, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

bully; cyber bullying; definition; peer relations research; victim

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; BULLYING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FRIENDSHIP; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; IRRITABILITY; MOBILE PHONE; NATURAL ENEMY; OFFENDER; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; RECIDIVISM; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84875892147     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: 15485951     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050212-185516     Document Type: Review

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