Bystander Responses to Bias-Based Bullying in Schools: A Developmental Intergroup Approach

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 39-44

  Palmer, Sally B ^a   Abbott, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bystanders and bullying; childhood and adolescence; intergroup processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030228507     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12253     Document Type: Article

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