Cross-National Data on Victims of Bullying: What is Really Being Measured?

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 9-19

  Smith, Peter K ^a   Robinson, Susanne ^a   Marchi, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bullying; cross national survey; validity; Victim

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977138941     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-150174     Document Type: Article

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