Disentangling the Frequency and Severity of Bullying and Victimization in the Association with Empathy

Social Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 176-192

  van Noorden, Tirza H J ^a   Bukowski, William M ^b   Haselager, Gerbert J T ^a   Lansu, Tessa A M ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Empathy; Frequency; Severity; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954393934     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12133     Document Type: Article

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