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Wolke, Dieter, Lee, Kirsty and Guy, Alexa (2017) Cyberbullying : a storm in a teacup? European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 26 (8). pp. 899-908. doi:10.1007/s00787-017-0954-6 ISSN 1018-8827.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-0954-6
Abstract
Cyberbullying has been portrayed as a rising ‘epidemic’ amongst children and adolescents. But does it create many new victims beyond those already bullied with traditional means (physical, relational)? Our aim was to determine whether cyberbullying creates uniquely new victims, and whether it has similar impact upon psychological and behavioral outcomes for adolescents, beyond those experienced by traditional victims. This study assessed 2745 pupils, aged 11–16, from UK secondary schools. Pupils completed an electronic survey that measured bullying involvement, self-esteem and behavioral problems. Twenty-nine percent reported being bullied but only 1% of adolescents were pure cyber-victims (i.e., not also bullied traditionally). Compared to direct or relational victims, cyber-victimization had similar negative effects on behavior (z = −0.41) and self-esteem (z = −0.22) compared to those not involved in bullying. However, those bullied by multiple means (poly-victims) had the most difficulties with behavior (z = −0.94) and lowest self-esteem (z = −0.78). Cyberbullying creates few new victims, but is mainly a new tool to harm victims already bullied by traditional means. Cyberbullying extends the reach of bullying beyond the school gate. Intervention strategies against cyberbullying may need to include approaches against traditional bullying and its root causes to be successful.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cyberbullying, Bullying, Victims of bullying, Self-esteem, Aggressiveness, Interpersonal relations | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Springer Medizin | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1018-8827 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | August 2017 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 26 | ||||||||||
Number: | 8 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 899-908 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s00787-017-0954-6 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 February 2017 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 February 2017 |
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