Motives for Bullying Others in Cyberspace: A Study on Bullies and Bully-Victims in Austria

Cyberbullying in the Global Playground: Research from International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 263-284

  Gradinger, Petra ^a   Strohmeier, Dagmar ^b   Spiel, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria, part of Safer Internet Program; Bullies, bully victims in Austria; Country specific characteristics; Cyberbullying in Austria; Cyberbullying, low frequency; Cyberbullying, traditional bullying; Identifying bully, bully victim groups; Traditional bullying, victimization; Underlying motives of bullying; Violence prevention in schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876523318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119954484.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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