Cyberbullying and Traditional Bullying: Unique, Additive, and Synergistic Effects on Psychological Health Symptoms

Cyberbullying in the Global Playground: Research from International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 245-262

  Menesini, Ersilia ^a   Calussi, Pamela ^a   Nocentini, Annalaura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents' social life; Blogs, on bullying, cyberbullying; Cyberbullying, externalizing; Cyberbullying, perpetrated or received; Cyberbullying, traditional bullying; Health symptoms and bullying; Insults on instant messaging, email; Internalizing symptoms, anxious depressive; Italy and cyberbullying, silent calls, SMS; Public awareness

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EID: 84886845238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119954484.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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