Validation of Measures of Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization in Emerging Adulthood

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 456-467

  Lee, Jungup ^a   Abell, Neil ^a   Holmes, Jennifer L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyberbullying perpetration; cyberbullying victimization; emerging adulthood; scale development; scale validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; BULLYING; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL WORK; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 85020641608     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731515578535     Document Type: Article

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