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Epidemiology of cyberbullying across europe: differences between countries and genders

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Anna Sorrentino, Anna Costanza Baldry, David P. Farrington, Catherine Blaya·2019·Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice

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Epidemiological studies on the prevalence of cyberbullying and cybervictimization in different countries, using the same procedure and the same measures, are of relevance in understanding differences in results that are not due to methodological factors. The current study was conducted in 8 European countries (Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Spain), involving a total of 4,847 students, using an online anonymous questionnaire (the Tabby online questionnaire). The results were analyzed by comparing differences between countries and between genders. Cyberbullying and cybervictimization were most prevalent in Bulgaria and Hungary and least prevalent in Spain. Boys committed more cyberbullying than girls in all countries, but there were no overall gender differences in cybervictimization. However, girls were more often cybervictims in four countries and boys were more often cybervictims in the other four countries. The results are discussed with regard to the importance of cross-national studies of cyberbullying and cybervictimization and the use of online data collection in order to reduce methodological bias.

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Authors
Sorrentino, A., Baldry, A. C., Farrington, D. P., & Blaya, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Université Côte d'Azur (FR)
Venue
Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice
Published
2019
ISSN
  • 1303-0485 (ISSN-L)
  • 2148-7561
OpenAlex
W2943146701
Cited by
91
References
65
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FWCI
17.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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other-oa
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  • Educational Sciences Theory & Practice (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (submittedVersion)
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, cyber victimization, prevalence, cross-national comparison, gender differences, students, methodological bias, online data collection, European countries

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