Peer Cybervictimization Among Adolescents and the Associated Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: A Meta-Analysis

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1727-1743

  Fisher, Benjamin W ^a   Gardella, Joseph H ^b   Teurbe Tolon, Abbie R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United Way of Metropolitan Nashville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberbullying; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Meta analysis; Online victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CONTROL; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PEER GROUP; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84979561910     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0541-z     Document Type: Article

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