Examining the roles young people fulfill in five types of cyber bullying

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Betts, Lucy R., Gkimitzoudis, Athanasios, Spenser, Karin A. and Baguley, Thom 2016. Examining the roles young people fulfill in five types of cyber bullying. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407516668585
AuthorsBetts, Lucy R., Gkimitzoudis, Athanasios, Spenser, Karin A. and Baguley, Thom
Abstract

The roles that young people fulfill in face-to-face bullying have been well documented and there is some evidence that young people take on similar roles in cyber bullying. A person-centered analytical approach was adopted to identify the roles that young people fulfill across five different types of cyber bullying assessed for up to nine media. Four hundred and forty (281 females and 154 males) 16- to 19-year-olds completed measures to assess their involvement in various types of cyber bullying and across the various media. Cluster analysis identified four distinct groups: “not involved,” “rarely victim and bully,” “typically victim,” and “retaliator.” Two thirds of the sample reported some involvement in cyber bullying. Distinct patterns emerged for each group according to the type of cyber bullying. The lack of a clear bully group and the presence of the retaliator group strengthen the growing evidence base that young people may cyber bully others as a mechanism of retaliation when they are the victim of cyber bullying.

KeywordsCyberbulying; Bullying; Media; Retaliatiion; Victims
Year2016
JournalJournal of Social and Personal Relationships
PublisherSage
ISSN02654075
1460-3608
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407516668585
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621046
hdl:10545/621046
Publication dates14 Sep 2016
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