Cyberbullying Behavior Research Articles

Buffering or enhancing? An exploratory study of gender differences in the moderating role of self-control in cyberbullying perpetration

Despite growing attention to the moderating role of self-control in the association between crime and its correlates, gender differences in this role remain underexplored. This study explored gender differences in the moderating role of self-control in the context of cyberbullying. We examined whether self-control moderates the links between cyberbullying perpetration via mobile devices and two cyberbullying igniters: 1) cyberbullying victimization and 2) association with peers having prior cyberbullying behaviors, and whether this moderating role varies across genders. A tobit regression analysis of 244 South Korean college students showed that among female students, self-control significantly moderated the link between cyberbullying and association with peers having prior cyberbullying behaviors. The relationship was stronger among female participants with higher levels of self-control, but not for male ones. The enhancing effect of self-control was significantly greater for females than males. The implications of gender differences and their relevance to cyberbullying are also discussed.

Cyberbullying perpetration on social media: A situational action perspective

The advent of social media platforms has made cyberbullying a growing concern. Current studies primarily investigate singular individual-level or environmental-level factors, yet cyberbullying is a multifaceted phenomenon that cannot be fully understood through single-dimensional perspectives. In this research, we draw on situational action theory (SAT) to explore how cyberbullying develops on social media by examining the synergistic effect of individual propensity and criminogenic exposure. Our empirical results reveal that individuals’ cyberbullying behavior is predominantly influenced by previous habits and exposure to the cyberbullying behavior of important others. Furthermore, individuals tend to employ neutralization techniques to rationalize their cyberbullying behaviors.

Relations between school climates and bullying behaviors in Chinese adolescents: The mediating role of prosocial tendency

This research investigated the relationships between school climates and bullying behaviors in Chinese adolescents, and tested the mediating effect of prosocial tendency according to the seesaw effect. School climates were operationalized using three constructs: subjective diversity of student development goals, teacher support, and peer trust. Bullying behaviors included traditional (i.e., physical, nonphysical, and relational) and cyber bullying behaviors. We recruited 538 adolescents from three schools in Beijing, China (286 girls, 252 boys; average age = 12.47) and asked them to fill out the surveys measuring school climates and prosocial tendency at the outset and to report school bullying behaviors three months later. The results showed that subjective diversity of student development goals and peer trust were directly associated with less cyber bullying behavior. Moreover, teacher support and peer trust were indirectly associated with less traditional bullying behaviors via prosocial tendency. Our findings extend the existing literature on the relationships between school climates and bullying behaviors by incorporating different types of bullying behaviors, concentrating on Chinese adolescents from a cultural viewpoint, and tapping into the underlying mechanism via revealing prosocial tendency as a mediator. Theoretical and empirical contributions of this study, as well as practical implications are discussed.

Examining the Relationship Between Fanatic Levels of Football Fans and Verbal, Physical and Cyberbullying Behaviors

This research; It was conducted to examine the verbal, physical and cyber bullying behaviors of football fans according to their level of fanaticism. General survey model, one of the descriptive methods, was used in the research. The study group of the study consists of 417 football fans determined by random sampling method for the supporters of the 4 big teams in the Turkish Football Federation super league in the 2020-2021 football season. Research data; To determine the level of fanaticism of football fans, Taşmektepligil et al. (2015) developed the football fanaticism scale, and the verbal physical and cyberbullying behaviors of sports spectators scale developed by Karaca (2019) were used to measure the verbal bullying, physical bullying and cyberbullying behaviors of sports spectators. The SPSS.20 analysis program was used to analyze the data of the study, and ANOVA test and correlation analysis were conducted to examine the relationship between football fans' level of fanaticism and their bullying behavior. When the findings of the research are examined; It is seen that there is a significant relationship between football fans' tendency to think and act towards violence and their verbal, physical, and cyber bullying behaviors. As a result, it can be said that the verbal, physical and cyber bullying behaviors of football fans increase as the tendency to think and act towards violence increases.

Antecedents and outcomes of cyberbullying among Chinese university students: verification of a behavioral pathway model.

Cyberbullying is a commonly-seen and hotly-debated social topic around the globe. This negative behavior is the source of many disastrous events, and so leading government bodies, organizations, schools and social communities attach great importance to addressing this topic. However, there is still much work to do in order to be clear about the causes of cyberbullying. The previous research cases were mostly viewed from the victims' perspectives; however, there is no comprehensive understanding of the perpetrators' viewpoints. Therefore, based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and analysis of discussion in the literature, the following six variables were chosen as the focus of this study: overconfidence, excessive moral sense, cyberbullying, perceived value, happiness, and continued cyberbullying intention. This study established a research model of continued cyberbullying intention, which was verified by Structural Equation Modeling. In order to achieve the aims of the study, Chinese university students with an average age of 20.29 (SD = 1.43) were recruited as participants, from whom 1,048 valid questionnaires were collected. The research results are as follows: 1. Overconfidence and excessive moral sense positively predicted cyberbullying behaviors; 2. Overconfidence positively predicted excessive moral sense; 3. Cyberbullying positively predicted perceived value and sense of happiness; and 4. Perceived value and sense of happiness positively predicted continued cyberbullying intentions. Students' biased self-perception significantly predicts their cyberbullying behaviors and continued cyberbullying intention. What is more, it is interesting to learn that perpetrators will continue to exhibit cyberbullying behaviors when they believe that what they do (cyberbullying) is valuable or allows them to experience positive feelings; this requires our attention.

The Development of a Multi-Dimensional Coding System to Categorise Negative Online Experiences Including Cyberbullying Behaviors Among Adolescents with Lower Socioeconomic Status

This original paper, based on data from the Erasmus+Blurred Lives Project, presents a new multi-dimensional categorisation model to describe negative online experiences, including forms of cyberbullying, based on a study of internet usage among over N = 2,500 adolescents with lower socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds across five European countries. The paper first sets out the rationale for the development of a new coding system, before describing the current study and nature of the survey data collected. There follows a description of the development of the new system and the series of reliability checks undertaken by the research team (N= 11, from 5 countries) and of the refinements made to the categories and codes. The resulting coding system is presented with consideration of the strengths and limitations, and description of two early pilot studies which have successfully adopted the new system.

The Relationship Between Internet Pornography and Adolescent Cyberbullying Behavior

The internet plays a pivotal role in facilitating human communication, education, and entertainment. Internet users reach 4,7 million out of a total world population of 7,8 million. Nonetheless, the influence of internet is twofold, as it engenders adverse consequences for adolescents. Cyberbullying and internet pornography, in particular, have been indentified as significant contributor to the deterioration of mental health. A cross-sectional analytic descriptive study had done. There was a ninety-two respondent who fulfilled the online questioner from January 20th to 27th 2023. SPSS version 26, chi-square test and multiple logistic regression test done to do statistical analysis. Around 47.8% respondent accessed internet pornography and 22.8% had done cyberbullying. There was a relationship between internet pornography with adolescent cyberbullying behavior (p <0.05). Internet pornography risked around four times higher than adolescent cyberbullying behavior. Internet can easily connect to pornography by 3A: accessibility, affordability and anonymity. Wrigth and Donnerstein (2014) stated nearly 42% of adolescent watched pornography on internet, which around 27% watched it accidentally. Pornography can change someone’s mind or behavior. Shek and Ma (2014) concluded that cyberbullying person were more likely to access internet pornography. Adolescent is an aged of growth and taking risk. They do not fully understand about their actions and consequences of what they have done

Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Sosial dan Komunikasi Keluarga Terhadap Perilaku Cyberbullying pada Anak

The use of social media is increasingly growing among the wider community, especially among children. The presence of social media can certainly have positive and negative impacts. This is what is worth paying attention to because the use of social media is widely used by children for various needs that have an impact on themselves. Not only that,family communication also greatly influences children’s behavior and attitudes in terms of good or bad, such as behavior that hurts other people or can be called cyber bullying behavior. The aim of this research is to determine the use of social media and family communication on cyber bullying behavior in children . the researcher used a quantitative method which will be carried out on 128 respondents who are elementary school children in Sidoarjo sub-district which has been carried out in two schools , namely SDN 1 celep Sidoarjo and SD cendekia Sidoarjo with each school taking classes 5 and 6 and analyzed by validity, reability and multiple linear regression tests using SPSS. The results showed that the use of social media by 8,92% and family communication by 60,40% had a significant effect on cyberbullying behavior in children.

The Influence of Instagram Social Media on Cyberbullying Behavior of Students in Class XI IS UPT SMA Negeri 3 Bulukumba

The purpose of this research is to find out the use and effect of Instagram social media on the students of XI IIS UPT SMA Negeri 3 Bulukumbang and how they responded to that phenomenon. This study uses quantitative research. The results of this study indicate that (1) the use of Instagram social media by students is 69,57% in the high category. And the usage indicator of Instagram social media with the highest percentage is Instagram as a median for obtaining various information (88%). And the most used feature is the saved feature (78%); (2) The students response to cyberbullying behavior is 55.7% in the middle category. And the percentage of response for cyberbullying behavior is giving advice to people who are racist on Instagram, which is 77%. (3) The effect of Instagram social media usage on cyberbullying behavior of class XI IIS UPT SMA Negeri 3 Bulukumba students The regression results show that the significance value is 0,02 < 0,05 and the value is 2,316 > 2,021 which means that the Instagram social media variable (X) influences the Cyberbullying behavior variable (Y).

Bullying and victimization in schools: Causal relationship between adolescent disruptive behavior, sleep schedules, and extended school hours

AbstractVery few studies have identified the relationship between chronotype, sleep habits, and bullying/victimization in school and online contexts. The objective of this work is to identify predictors of frequency of bullying/cyberbullying in Portuguese pubescent and adolescent populations, such as chronotype and sleep aspects, controlling for gender, age, grade, and school attendance hours. One hundred and seventeen Portuguese students from the second and third grades of elementary school were considered, 41 (34.5%) of which were males and 76 (63.9%) were females. The measures used were the Children's Chronotype Questionnaire and the Bullying and Cyberbullying Behaviors Questionnaire: Short Form (BCBQ‐SF). Percentile analyses, multivariate analysis of variance, nonparametric tests, and hierarchical and nonhierarchical linear logistic regression analyses were performed to confirm the prediction models and to identify causal variables moderating the effect of bullying and victimization in adolescents of various ages and school grades, with different school and sleep schedules. Adolescents with more episodes of victimization had higher sleeping problems, especially in terms of sleep duration (late hours of awakening/rest times and falling asleep, especially on days off); the school grade, the average daily school attendance hours, and school entrance time were some predictors found. The model differed in the variable of hours of curricular enrichment activities. The higher the eveningness score, the more aggression was reported.

Cyberbullying, Digital Footprint, and Cyber Security Awareness Levels of Secondary School Students

The aim of this study is to examine the digital footprint awareness of students while surfing on cyberbullying, cyber security and social networks with demographic data such as class, school, gender, internet usage level. This research was carried out using a descriptive survey model. The study group of the research consisted of 467 volunteer students studying at Anatolian and vocational high schools in Çorum. Research data were collected using the Digital Footprint Awareness Scale for Secondary School Students, Personal Cyber Security Scale, and Cyberbullying Scales for High School Students. The obtained data were analyzed using arithmetic mean, standard deviation, ANOVA, MANOVA, and logistic regression analysis. Because of this research, vocational high school students exhibit more cyberbullying behavior than Anatolian high school students, female students exhibit less cyberbullying behavior than male students, cyberbullying behavior increases as the time spent on the internet increases, and there is no difference according to classes. When the cyber security levels are examined, it is seen that there is no difference according to gender, internet usage level, and classes, but it differs according to the type of school and the Anatolian high school students have higher cyber security levels than the vocational high school students.

The Phenomenon of Cyber Bullying: Interpretation, Confrontation, and the Position of Islamic Law

This research dealt with the phenomenon of cyber bullying, indicating its causes and means of combating it, and the position of Islamic law towards it. However, its importance lies in the fact that it studies an extremely dangerous phenomenon that must be addressed, because of its devastating and dangerous effects that threaten society and its members. Moreover, it is necessary to reveal its causes and characteristics of its offenders, with the aim of developing policies that enable to confront it, in order to reach solutions to limit its spread, and help specialists and officials. in all fields to put those policies and solutions into practice.For this purpose, the researchers herein relied on the descriptive and analytical approaches.The research concluded a number of results, the most important of which are; Islamic law preceded the prohibition of bullying in all its forms, in order to protect the Muslim community from this phenomenon and its negative effects. Also, that the phenomenon of cyber bullying is one of the negative aspects of social networking sites. In addition, that the real motives driving cyber bullying behavior differ from one person to another, but in the end it reverts to the interaction of a group of internal and external factors. Based on these results, the researchers recommend the necessity of concerted efforts of the family, educational institutions and governments to address the phenomenon of cyber bullying, develop preventive measures and remedial measures to combat it comprehensively, and work to publish good media content that promotes the values of equality, love and tolerance, and devotes the concept of constructive social communication and its development, and contributes to reducing the impact of cyber bullying on society. In addition to imposing effective censorship on electronic means of communication, especially social media, obliging those in charge of them to monitor their users, and banning the accounts of those who re-practice cyber bullying, after alerting them the first time. Finally, enacting the necessary laws to define cyber bullying behaviors, and imposing heavy penalties on its perpetrators.

ASPECT AND SPECIAL DISTINCT NATURE OF CYBER BULLYING

The phenomenon of cyber bullying has recently emerged, and it has grown due to the steady increase in the use of the Internet and social networking sites especially among young people and adolescents, especially university and high school students.
 especially among young people and adolescents, especially university and high school students. The research attempted to study the main problem regarding the reality of cyber bullying, and whether it has an individuality and a special nature that distinguish it from what might be suspected, following the descriptive and analytical approaches.
 The research concluded that cyber bullying is a form of traditional bullying, but it is distinguished from it by the electronic means by which it is carried out, and that there is no unified and stable concept in jurisprudence and legislation, of cyber bullying, yet any accurate definition of it must include three elements; the behavior in which it occurs, the means through which is committed, and the end that the offender aims to achieve. Cyber bullying has a special nature and subjectivity, which is embodied, on the one hand, in the electronic violence that characterizes it, represented by the ability of the bully to hide and appear under pseudonyms, which leads to an imbalance of power between the bully with greater technical experience and the technically weaker victim, and, on the other hand , in the concept of systematic and repetitive behavior, as the bully himself does not necessarily contribute to the repetition of bullying behavior, but rather it is possible for him to repeat this behavior by others, by sending it or directing it to other people.
 The research concluded by suggesting the necessity of imposing effective censorship on electronic communication sites, obligating those in charge of them to ban the accounts of those who return to practicing cyber bullying through them, and enacting the necessary laws to criminalize and punish cyber bullying behaviors, including electronic harassment and prosecution.

Students’ Perspective About Their Cyberbullying Behavior And Disclosure at Higher Education Institution in Pakistan

With the passage of time usage of social media has been enlarged. Hence, it has enhanced the risk of youth being bullied and has appeared such as a huge concern for parents, instructors as well as other working professionals remarkably. Objectives of this research was to identified the opinions of students about the presence, occurrence and exposure of cyber bullying behavior also the negative effects of cyberbullying on student’s thoughts and emotions. The sample consisted of 10 male students of five universities of Punjab in Pakistan. In this way qualitative research methods, semi-structured interview was conducted with each student who identify the individual opinions and behaviors. This type of qualitative research was a case study that was preferred the phenomena of cyber bullying. Content analysis was used to interpret the phenomena. As a result of this analysis, students on exhibited cyberbullying behaviors according to their individualities, their emotions of anger, sadness and hate were more often showed. The results of this research were reflected in the findings and suggestions persuaded for cyber victims. It was further recommended that psychological counselors should work in higher education institutions.

Cyberbullying perpetration during the Covid-19 pandemic: A study on the relationship between strain, angerand parental support

ABSTRACT The pandemic compelled more exposure to online media in different forms like online education, interactions, gaming, and collaboration, which aggravated the cyberbullying issue. Cyberbullying can now occur in several different mediums due to the renewed lifestyle challenges spawned by the pandemic. Hence, it is imperative to assess the antecedents of cyberbullying behaviour (CBB). General Strain Theory (GST) is taken as a grounded theory to understand the underlying mechanisms of strain and anger and their impact on deviant outcomes like CBB. The current study adds to the GST literature by investigating the association between stress and anger, leading to cyberbullying behaviour. The study also examines the extent to which parenting factors (monitoring, communication, and trust) moderate adolescents’ involvement in cyberbullying. An online survey was used to collect data from 221 high school Indian students for this purpose. As per the results, there is a direct relationship between strain, anger, and cyberbullying. The study confirms an indirect relationship between strain and cyberbullying through anger. The findings suggest that parental influences are important in moderating the relationship between strain and anger in adolescent cyberbullying behaviour. The study recommends strategies for parents, educators, and healthcare providers when dealing with cyberbullying behaviour.

Improving Adolescent knowledge to Prevent Cyber Bullying through Psychoeducation

In Indonesia, the number of teenagers who experience cyber bullying is reported 80 percent, and almost every day cyber bullying happens to the teenagers. Cyber bullying is violence that occurs through social media, when a child or teenager is ridiculed, humiliated, or intimidated by another child or youth through internet media, digital technology or cell phones. The negative effects of bullying and cyber bullying in childhood will have an impact on emotional disorders, poor psychosocial adaptation disorders and pathological behavioral disorders. The aim of psycho education at SMP 1 Kasembon is to increase youth’s knowledge to prevent cyber bullying behavior, due to the phenomenon that occurred at SMP Negeri 1 Kasembon, there was a scattering of photos and videos of several students by other people, with the intention of deliberately spreading photos and videos so that students were embarrassed and threated. Providing psycho education about cyber bullying to 54 students containing meaning, types, causal factors, impacts and ways to deal with them. The research method was a quasi-experimental. From the results, there were differences in adolescent knowledge of cyber bullying before and after being given psycho education. It was concluded that psycho education was proven to be effective in increasing adolescents’ knowledge of cyber bullying.

Pengaruh Self-Compassion dan Self-Esteem Terhadap Perilaku Cyberbullying pada Mahasiswa Teknologi Informasi

This study aims to determine: (1) Description of Self-compassion, Self-esteem, and Cyberbullying in Education Study Program students Information Technology at IKIP PGRI Pontianak, (2) The influence of self-compassion on Cyberbullying behavior in Study Program students Information Technology Education in IKIP PGRI Pontianak, (3)The influence of self-esteem on cyberbullying behavior in students Information Technology Education Study Program at IKIP PGRI Pontianak, (4) The influence of Self-compassion and Self-esteem together on Cyberbullying behavior in Education Study Program students Information Technology in IKIP PGRI Pontianak. Which method used in this study is quantitative. Data is retrieved through spread questionnaire (questionnaire) to 135 students. The results of this study show that: (1) There is no effect of Self-compassion on behavior Cyberbullying on Information Technology Education Study Program students at IKIP PGRI Pontianak environment, (2) There is no effect of Self-esteem on Cyberbullying behavior in Education Study Program students Information Technology in the Pontianak PGRI IKIP environment, (3) Not available the effect of Self-compassion and Self-esteem together on behavior Cyberbullying on Information Technology Education Study Program students at IKIP PGRI Pontianak environment.

Pengaruh Self-Compassion dan Self-Esteem Terhadap Perilaku Cyberbullying pada Mahasiswa Teknologi Informasi

This study aims to determine: (1) Description of Self-compassion, Self-esteem, and Cyberbullying in Education Study Program students Information Technology at IKIP PGRI Pontianak, (2) The influence of self-compassion on Cyberbullying behavior in Study Program students Information Technology Education in IKIP PGRI Pontianak, (3)The influence of self-esteem on cyberbullying behavior in students Information Technology Education Study Program at IKIP PGRI Pontianak, (4) The influence of Self-compassion and Self-esteem together on Cyberbullying behavior in Education Study Program students Information Technology in IKIP PGRI Pontianak. Which method used in this study is quantitative. Data is retrieved through spread questionnaire (questionnaire) to 135 students. The results of this study show that: (1) There is no effect of Self-compassion on behavior Cyberbullying on Information Technology Education Study Program students at IKIP PGRI Pontianak environment, (2) There is no effect of Self-esteem on Cyberbullying behavior in Education Study Program students Information Technology in the Pontianak PGRI IKIP environment, (3) Not available the effect of Self-compassion and Self-esteem together on behavior Cyberbullying on Information Technology Education Study Program students at IKIP PGRI Pontianak environment.

Geelong Cyber Cats: Evaluation of an Intervention to Prevent Cyberbullying Behaviours

Cyberbullying behaviours can result in serious adverse mental health outcomes. We report evaluation findings from the Geelong Cyber Cats, a one-day community-based cyberbullying prevention intervention targeting Year 7 adolescents. The longitudinal, mixed-methods evaluation involved students completing surveys at baseline (N = 309), intervention completion (N = 316), and 3-month follow-up (N = 154). Controls (N = 58) who had not attended the intervention completed follow-up surveys. We measured behaviours, attitudes, and intentions regarding cyberbullying, and mental health. Positive attitudes towards cyberbullying significantly reduced from baseline to post intervention, with some rebound at follow-up. There was a significant reduction in experiences of cyberbullying victimisation, perpetration, and witnessing for participants at follow-up. Mental health improved from baseline to follow-up although not significantly. Confidence in responding to cyberbullying significantly improved post-intervention, with a loss of some gains at follow-up but remaining improvement compared to baseline. There were significant increases in post- intervention intentions, including being kind, careful and safe, and disengagement from problematic applications or social media platforms. Participants were positive about the intervention impact on understanding cyberbullying, and increased motivation and confidence to respond. Content about responding to cyberbullying, and helping others, was perceived the most helpful. The intervention demonstrates benefits to cyberbullying attitudes, behaviours and mental health.

FARKLI BRANŞ SEYİRCİLERİNİN ZORBALIK VE SİBER ZORBALIK DAVRANIŞLARININ BAZI DEĞİŞKENLER BAKIMINDAN İNCELENMESİ

The purpose of this research is to examine the cyberbullying behaviors of different sports spectators. For this purpose, relational screening model was used in the study. In addition, due to the fact that due diligence will be made, the study has a descriptive nature. While the universe of the research consists of sports spectators, the sample consists of 1029 participants who are randomly selected and who are sports spectators in different branches. The personal information form developed by the researcher and the verbal bullying, physical bullying and cyber bullying behavior scale of sports spectators developed by Karaca (2019) were used as data collection tools in the research. Descriptive analysis, Independent Simple T-test and One Way ANOVA tests were used in the analysis of the data. According to the results of the research, bullying and cyberbullying levels of male audience members were found to be higher than female audiences. Looking at the branches, it was seen that the bullying and cyberbullying levels of football spectators were higher than other branches. It has been determined that as the age increases, the level of bullying and cyberbullying decreases as the income level increases and the level of education increases, and the bullying and cyberbullying levels of the audience members of the Fan Association are higher. In addition, it was concluded that the way of watching the match did not affect the level of bullying and cyberbullying.