Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Publication status: | Published |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-2-ktnb8o63l4qj1 |
Author: | Perren, Sonja; Dooley, Julian; Shaw, Thérèse; Cross, Donna |
Year of publication: | 2010 |
Published in: | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health ; 4 (2010). - 28. - eISSN 1753-2000 |
Pubmed ID: | 21092266 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1753-2000-4-28 |
Summary: |
Background
Cyber-bullying (i.e., bullying via electronic means) has emerged as a new form of bullying that presents unique challenges to those victimised. Recent studies have demonstrated that there is a significant conceptual and practical overlap between both types of bullying such that most young people who are cyber-bullied also tend to be bullied by more traditional methods. Despite the overlap between traditional and cyber forms of bullying, it remains unclear if being a victim of cyber-bullying has the same negative consequences as being a victim of traditional bullying. Method The current study investigated associations between cyber versus traditional bullying and depressive symptoms in 374 and 1320 students from Switzerland and Australia respectively (52% female; Age: M = 13.8, SD = 1.0). All participants completed a bullying questionnaire (assessing perpetration and victimisation of traditional and cyber forms of bullying behaviour) in addition to scales on depressive symptoms. Results Across both samples, traditional victims and bully-victims reported more depressive symptoms than bullies and non-involved children. Importantly, victims of cyber-bullying reported significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms, even when controlling for the involvement in traditional bullying/victimisation. Conclusions Overall, cyber-victimisation emerged as an additional risk factor for depressive symptoms in adolescents involved in bullying. |
Subject (DDC): | 370 Education, School and Education System |
Link to License: | Attribution 2.0 Generic |
Refereed: | Yes |
PERREN, Sonja, Julian DOOLEY, Thérèse SHAW, Donna CROSS, 2010. Bullying in school and cyberspace : Associations with depressive symptoms in Swiss and Australian adolescents. In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 4, 28. eISSN 1753-2000. Available under: doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-4-28
@article{Perren2010-11-23Bully-46770, title={Bullying in school and cyberspace : Associations with depressive symptoms in Swiss and Australian adolescents}, year={2010}, doi={10.1186/1753-2000-4-28}, volume={4}, journal={Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health}, author={Perren, Sonja and Dooley, Julian and Shaw, Thérèse and Cross, Donna}, note={Article Number: 28} }
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