Cross-Cultural Differences in Cyberbullying Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-313

  Barlett, Christopher P ^a   Gentile, Douglas A ^b   Anderson, Craig A ^b   Suzuki, Kanae ^c   Sakamoto, Akira ^d   Yamaoka, Ayuchi ^d   Katsura, Rui ^d  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

communication; cyberbullying; group processes; interpersonal relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891554243     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113504622     Document Type: Article

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