Differential effects of the KiVa anti-bullying program on popular and unpopular bullies

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-50

  Garandeau, Claire F ^a   Lee, Ihno A ^b   Salmivalli, Christina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti bullying program; Bullying; Intervention; Peer status; Perceived popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891736223     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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