The contribution of social support to children and adolescents' self-perception: The mediating role of bullying victimization

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 120-127

  Mishna, Faye ^a   Khoury Kassabri, Mona ^b   Schwan, Kaitlin ^a   Wiener, Judith ^a   Craig, Wendy ^c   Beran, Tanya ^d   Pepler, Debra ^e   Daciuk, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyberbullying; Self perception; Social support; Traditional bullying; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959161201     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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