ERIC Number: EJ766118
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-May
Pages: 12
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Involvement in Traditional and Electronic Bullying among Adolescents
Raskauskas, Juliana; Stoltz, Ann D.
Developmental Psychology, v43 n3 p564-575 May 2007
The increasing availability of Internet and cell phones has provided new avenues through which adolescents can bully. Electronic bullying is a new form of bullying that may threaten adolescent social and emotional development. In this study the relation between involvement in electronic and traditional bullying was examined. Eighty-four adolescents completed questionnaires regarding their involvement in traditional and electronic bullying. Results show that students' roles in traditional bullying predicted the same role in electronic bullying. Also, being a victim of bullying on the Internet or via text messages was related to being a bully at school. Traditional victims were not found to be electronic bullies. Perceptions of the effects of and motivations for electronic bullying are discussed.
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Internet, Adolescents, Bullying, Emotional Development, Computer Mediated Communication, Telecommunications, Antisocial Behavior, Social Development, Adolescent Development, Student Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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