The development and psychometric investigation of the cyberbullying scale

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2218-2238

  Stewart, Regan W ^a   Drescher, Christopher F ^a   Maack, Danielle J ^a   Ebesutani, Chad ^b   Young, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Duksung Womens University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyberbullying; Factor analysis; Instrument development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905014772     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260513517552     Document Type: Article

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