Friend similarity in attitudes toward bullying and sense of responsibility to intervene

Social Influence

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 161-176

  Pozzoli, Tiziana ^a   Gini, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes against bullying; Bullying; Friend homophily; Responsibility for intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876099837     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2012.716372     Document Type: Article

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