Protective Factors Interrupting the Continuity From School Bullying to Later Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: A Systematic Review of Prospective Longitudinal Studies

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-38

  Ttofi, Maria M ^a   Bowes, Lucy ^b   Farrington, David P ^a   Lösel, Friedrich ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bullying perpetration; bullying victimization; externalizing problems; internalizing problems; prospective longitudinal studies; protective factors; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893400338     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2013.857345     Document Type: Article

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