Risk factors and psychological outcomes of bullying victimization: A community-based study

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 633-648

  Bifulco, Antonia ^a   Schimmenti, Adriano ^b   Jacobs, Catherine ^a   Bunn, Amanda ^a   Rusu, Adina C ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying aggression; Bullying victimization; Neglect child abuse; Peer relationships; Psychiatric disorders; School contexts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906342578     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-014-9236-8     Document Type: Article

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