Cyberbullying and bullying perpetration and victimization: Prevalence and correlates among primary school children
(2016) Annual meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science (BAPS) — Location: Antwerpen (24.May.2016)
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- Cyberbullying has been associated with a number of negative outcomes, such as anxiety, depression and drug use (Kowalski, et al., 2014). However, less is known about how cyberbullying relates to traditional bullying and psychosocial functioning, especially in children. Accordingly, the main goal of this study was to examine the relation between cyberbullying and traditional bullying and look at how it is associated with feeling rejected by peers, feeling depressed and feeling safe at school among children.We obtained data on traditional bullying (perpetration and victimization) and cyberbullying (perpetration and victimization) from a geographically diverse sampleof primary school children (N=2217, M=10.13y, SD=1.06) through self-reported questionnaires. Prevalence rates for cyberbullying victimization and perpetration were 11.6% and 12.3%, respectively. Traditional bullying and cyberbullying were positively correlated. Results from regression analyses indicated that children who reported higher levels of victimization (both traditional and cyber) reported higher levels of feeling depressed and lower levels of feeling safe at school. Children who reported higher levels of cyberbullying perpetration also reported lower levels of feeling safe at school. Traditional victimization interacted with cyber-victimization to relate to feeling rejected by peers. This study presents a complex picture of the association between traditional bullying and cyberbullying and suggests that they may showsimilarities as well as differences depending on the child outcome investigated.
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Tolmatcheff, C., Bebiroglu Abiven, N., Olivier, E., & Galand, B. (2016). Cyberbullying and bullying perpetration and victimization: Prevalence and correlates among primary school children. Annual meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science (BAPS), Antwerpen. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/118971