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Contextual Protective Factors Against Bullying

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Protecting Children Against Bullying and Its Consequences

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Personal protective factors classified into social, emotional, and moral competencies have been described in Chap. 3. Children with better competencies are less likely to be involved in bullying. Nevertheless, bullying is a very complex phenomenon that is influenced by the individual, social, and contextual factors. There is always an interaction between the individual and the environment. While, some children are more vulnerable than others to get involved in bullying, specific circumstances are also needed.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

    Izabela Zych

  2. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David P. Farrington & Maria M. Ttofi

  3. Department of Education, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

    Vicente J. Llorent

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Zych, I., Farrington, D.P., Llorent, V.J., Ttofi, M.M. (2017). Contextual Protective Factors Against Bullying. In: Protecting Children Against Bullying and Its Consequences. SpringerBriefs in Psychology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53028-4_4

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