Electronic Victimization: Correlates, Antecedents, and Consequences Among Elementary and Middle School Students

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 442-453

  Salmivalli, Christina ^a,b   Sainio, Miia ^a   Hodges, Ernest V E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84880279282     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.759228     Document Type: Article

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