Tackling acute cases of school bullying in the KiVa anti-bullying program: A comparison of two approaches

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 981-991

  Garandeau, Claire F ^a   Poskiparta, Elisa ^a   Salmivalli, Christina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti bullying program; Bullying; Intervention; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BULLYING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BULLYING; CHILD; CRIME; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84904185572     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-014-9861-1     Document Type: Article

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