Cyberbullying Victimization and Adaptive Avoidance Behaviors at School

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 255-275

  Randa, Ryan ^a   Reyns, Bradford W ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance; bullying; cyberbullying; fear; schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902996114     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2013.877411     Document Type: Article

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