Brief report: cyberbullying perpetration and its associations with socio-demographics, aggressive behaviour at school, and mental health outcomes

Fletcher, Adam; Fitzgerald‐Yau, Natasha; Jones, Rebecca; Allen, Elizabeth; Viner, Russell M.; Bonell, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.10.005

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Brief report: cyberbullying perpetration and its associations with socio-demographics, aggressive behaviour at school, and mental health outcomes

Fletcher, Adam, Fitzgerald‐Yau, Natasha, Jones, Rebecca, Allen, Elizabeth, Viner, Russell M., Bonell, Chris·2014·Journal of Adolescence

DOI 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.10.005

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Relatively little is known about those who cyberbully others, especially in a UK context. We drew on data from 1144 young people aged 12-13 in eight English secondary schools to examine the prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration and its associations with sociodemographics, other behaviours, and health outcomes. Overall, 14.1% of respondents reported ever cyberbullying others with no significant differences by gender or socioeconomic status. Drawing on mixed-effects logistic regression models, first we found a strong, dose-response relationship between aggressive behaviour at school and cyberbullying others, suggesting that cyberbullying may not only be a facet of wider patterns of bullying but also of aggression more broadly. Second, cyberbullying others was associated with poorer quality of life and with psychological difficulties but not with peer/social problems or worse mental wellbeing. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess whether such associations are causal.

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Fletcher et al. (2014) reported poor quality of life and psychological difficulties among bullies (12-13 years, UK, N=1144).
“Fletcher et al. (2014) | 12-13 (years) | 1144 UK | Bully | Poor quality of life and psychological difficulties”
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Authors: Fletcher, A., Fitzgerald‐Yau, N., Jones, R., Allen, E., Viner, R. M., & Bonell, C.
Affiliations: Cardiff University (GB)
University College London (GB)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
University of London (GB)
Corresponding author: Fletcher, Adam
ORCID: Fletcher, Adam
Fitzgerald‐Yau, Natasha
Jones, Rebecca
Allen, Elizabeth
Viner, Russell M.
Bonell, Chris
Venue: Journal of Adolescence
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2014-10-25
Volume: 37
Issue: 8
Pages: 1393-1398
ISSN: 0140-1971 (ISSN-L)
1095-9254
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.10.005
OpenAlex: W2149960906
Cited by: 90
References: 29
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 4
FWCI: 7.89
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Adolescence (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Institute for Health Research (09/05/05)
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (09/05/05)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
Keywords: cyberbullying perpetration, school aggression, adolescents, high school students, quality of life, psychological difficulties, psychological well-being, peer problems, socioeconomic status, gender differences, bullying
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Aggression, Child, England, Female, Humans, Male, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Prevalence, Bullying

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