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5 - Cyberviolence and Cyberbullying in Europe and India

A Literature Review

from Part II - Comparative Data on Bullying

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

Peter K. Smith
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Suresh Sundaram
Affiliation:
Annamalai University
Barbara A. Spears
Affiliation:
University of South Australia
Catherine Blaya
Affiliation:
Université de Nice, Sophia Antipolis
Mechthild Schäfer
Affiliation:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
Damanjit Sandhu
Affiliation:
Punjabi University, Patiala
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Bullying, Cyberbullying and Student Well-Being in Schools
Comparing European, Australian and Indian Perspectives
, pp. 83 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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