Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will always hurt you: A review of cyberbullying

Social Influence

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 87-106

  Wingate, V Skye ^a   Minney, Jessy A ^b   Guadagno, Rosanna E ^c  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Cyberbullying; Intervention; Online; Parental monitoring; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876119520     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2012.730491     Document Type: Review

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