Cyberbullying: Its Nature and Impact in Secondary School Pupils

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Peter K.; Mahdavi, Jess; Carvalho, Manuel; Fisher, Sonja; Russell, Shanette; Tippett, Neil
Titel	Cyberbullying: Its Nature and Impact in Secondary School Pupils
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49 (2008) 4, S.376-385 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01846.x
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Bullying; Focus Groups; Coping; Internet; Gender Differences; Computer Mediated Communication; Adolescents; Antisocial Behavior; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Age Differences; Correlation; Victims of Crime; Secondary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Mobbing; Bewältigung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Computerkonferenz; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Telekommunikationstechnik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Background: Cyberbullying describes bullying using mobile phones and the internet. Most previous studies have focused on the prevalence of text message and email bullying. Methods: Two surveys with pupils aged 11-16 years: (1) 92 pupils from 14 schools, supplemented by focus groups; (2) 533 pupils from 5 schools, to assess the generalisability of findings from the first study, and investigate relationships of cyberbullying to general internet use. Both studies differentiated cyberbullying inside and outside of school, and 7 media of cyberbullying. Results: Both studies found cyberbullying less frequent than traditional bullying, but appreciable, and reported more outside of school than inside. Phone call and text message bullying were most prevalent, with instant messaging bullying in the second study; their impact was perceived as comparable to traditional bullying. Mobile phone/video clip bullying, while rarer, was perceived to have more negative impact. Age and gender differences varied between the two studies. Study 1 found that most cyberbullying was done by one or a few students, usually from the same year group. It often just lasted about a week, but sometimes much longer. The second study found that being a cybervictim, but not a cyberbully, correlated with internet use; many cybervictims were traditional "bully-victims". Pupils recommended blocking/avoiding messages, and telling someone, as the best coping strategies; but many cybervictims had told nobody about it. Conclusions: Cyberbullying is an important new kind of bullying, with some different characteristics from traditional bullying. Much happens outside school. Implications for research and practical action are discussed. (As Provided).
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