A systematic review and content analysis of bullying and cyber-bullying measurement strategies

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 423-434

  Vivolo Kantor, Alana M ^a   Martell, Brandi N ^a   Holland, Kristin M ^a   Westby, Ruth ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Index; Instrument; Measurement; Scale

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BULLYING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CYBER BULLYING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SPLIT HALF CORRELATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84904620465     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2014.06.008     Document Type: Review

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