A synthesis of person- and relational-level factors that influence bullying and bystanding behaviors: Toward an integrative framework

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-86

  Ettekal, Idean ^a   Kochenderfer Ladd, Becky ^a   Ladd, Gary W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bullying; Participant roles; Peer victimization; Social cognitions

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; BYSTANDING BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MORALITY; PEER PRESSURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; TEACHER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84960309993     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2015.05.011     Document Type: Review

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