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- Title
Cyberbullying en una muestra de estudiantes de Educación Secundaria: Variables moduladoras y redes sociales.
- Authors
del Barco, Benito León; Castaño, Elena Felipe; Fajardo Bullón, Fernando; Gómez Carroza, Teresa
- Abstract
Introduction. Traditional forms of bullying have changed over time, appearing more specific statements that use the new technologies of information and communication. This new form of abuse is called cyberbullying. In our study we analyze the prevalence of the phenomenon of bullying and cyberbullying different types in the Community of Extremadura and what role do gender, age and a user of social networks. Methods. The number of participants was 1700 secondary school students from Extremadura, from 22 public and private-arranged. We used an instrument: Questionnaire Cyberbullying. Results. The percentage of offenders is 6.4% and 6% of victims. The gender variable shows a significant influence on the prevalence of falling victim to the mobile (χ² = 3,844, df = 1, p <.048) and being an aggressor using the internet (χ² = 3,947, df = 1, p <.047). With regard to the course, we only observed a significant influence on the prevalence of falling victim to the mobile (χ² = 14,955, df = 3, p <.002). Regarding the influence of social networks variable Do you know? in the prevalence of cyberbullying phenomenon in the form of internet aggressor perspective, we found significant correlation between both variables (χ²=27.26, df = 3, p <.000). Discussion and Conclusion. Our data are close to those obtained in the investigation of 2006, "School Violence: Bullying in Education Secondary "Ombudsman and further away from other investigations. Regarding the variables that influence the prevalence of cyberbullying phenomenon, our study shows that variables sex, grade and social networks show a significant influence.
- Subjects
CYBERBULLYING; COMPUTER crimes; HIGH school student attitudes; STUDENT attitudes; SOCIAL networks; ONLINE social networks
- Publication
Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012, Vol 10, Issue 2, p771
- ISSN
1696-2095
- Publication type
Article