Bullying Among Spanish Secondary Education Students: The Role of Gender Traits, Sexism, and Homophobia

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2915-2940

  Carrera Fernández, María Victoria ^a   Lameiras Fernández, María ^a   Rodríguez Castro, Yolanda ^a   Vallejo Medina, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bullying; gender stereotyped personality traits; homophobia; lesbophobia; sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882998691     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260513488695     Document Type: Article

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