The role of teachers in bullying: The relation between antibullying attitudes, efficacy, and efforts to reduce bullying

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1135-1143

  Veenstra, René ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a,b   Huitsing, Gijs ^a   Sainio, Miia ^c   Salmivalli, Christina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullying; Goal framing; Longitudinal; Significant others; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925599771     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036110     Document Type: Article

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