Participant Roles in Bullying: How Can Peer Bystanders Be Utilized in Interventions?

Theory into Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 286-292

  Salmivalli, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 84919694908     PISSN: 00405841     EISSN: 15430421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2014.947222     Document Type: Article

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