Effects of the KiVa Antibullying Program on Cyberbullying and Cybervictimization Frequency Among Finnish Youth

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 820-833

  Williford, Anne ^a   Elledge, L Christian ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84888008213     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.787623     Document Type: Article

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