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Cyber bullying behaviors among middle and high school students.

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Mishna, Faye, Cook, Charlene, Gadalla, Tahany, Daciuk, Joanne, Solomon, Steven·2010·American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
DOI 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01040.x
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Little research has been conducted that comprehensively examines cyber bullying with a large and diverse sample. The present study examines the prevalence, impact, and differential experience of cyber bullying among a large and diverse sample of middle and high school students (N = 2,186) from a large urban center. The survey examined technology use, cyber bullying behaviors, and the psychosocial impact of bullying and being bullied. About half (49.5%) of students indicated they had been bullied online and 33.7% indicated they had bullied others online. Most bullying was perpetrated by and to friends and participants generally did not tell anyone about the bullying. Participants reported feeling angry, sad, and depressed after being bullied online. Participants bullied others online because it made them feel as though they were funny, popular, and powerful, although many indicated feeling guilty afterward. Greater attention is required to understand and reduce cyber bullying within children's social worlds and with the support of educators and parents.

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  • Females' tendency to share more personal information online increases their vulnerability to cyberbullying.

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    From Umbrella review of meta-analyses on the risk factors, protective factors, consequences and interventions of cyberbullying victimization (2024) · cites this paper as [138]

    The gender-and-age results report that older girls were more likely than older boys to have been cyberbullied. The Implications for Practice and Service Delivery section describes how giving a friend a password or sending a picture can create cyberbullying risks. Neither passage says that females share more personal information online than males or that this explains their greater vulnerability. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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    “Consistent with previous research, many young people refrain from reporting cyberbullying victimization, due to fear of retaliation, escalation, or the loss of digital connection (94, 95).”

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Authors
Mishna, F., Cook, C., Gadalla, T., Daciuk, J., & Solomon, S.
Affiliations
University of Toronto (CA)
ORCID
Venue
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2010
Volume
80
Issue
3
Pages
362-374
ISSN
  • 0002-9432 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0025
DOI
10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01040.x
OpenAlex
W2041751392
Cited by
440
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 43 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 22
FWCI
29.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
Locations
  • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • TSpace (University of Toronto) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
Funders
Bell Canada
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, junior high school students, high school students, prevalence of cyberbullying, peer relationships, technology use, guilt
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Age Factors, Aggression, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Social Behavior, Students, Internet

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