Individual and Contextual Predictors of Cyberbullying: The Influence of Children's Provictim Attitudes and Teachers' Ability to Intervene

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 698-710

  Christian Elledge, L ^a   Williford, Anne ^a   Boulton, Aaron J ^a   DePaolis, Kathryn J ^a   Little, Todd D ^a   Salmivalli, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cyberbullying; Provictim attitudes; Teacher intervention; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BULLYING; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84876141049     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9920-x     Document Type: Article

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