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Pediatric Health
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
Children and adolescents spend many of their waking hours in school and need to feel safe in their school environment, on their way to and from school, and in their community (Hagan et al., 2017). Something that can make a child feel unsafe in the school environment and interfere with school performance is bullying. Children with special health care needs or developmental differences, such as those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are at increased risk for bullying victimization (McClemont et al., 2021). Youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning experience higher rates of bullying than do their heterosexual peers (Gower et al., (2018). Another group of children and adolescents who are likely to experience bullying are those who are overweight or obese. Studies have reported that adolescents who are obese are more likely to experience bullying when compared to their healthy weight peers (Rupp & McCoy, 2019). Cyberbullying, also known as online bullying, has become increasingly common and is a source of stress for children and adolescents. Researchers have found that victims of cyberbullying are more at risk for suicide, and school connectedness can reduce the impact of cybervictimization on suicidal behaviors (Kim et al., 2020).
Loneliness and isolation
Published in Stephen Buetow, From Loneliness to Solitude in Person-centred Health Care, 2023
Other risks further characterize social interaction online, such as feeling out of place. Persons may experience victimization through harassment, doxing, and cyberbullying within social networks. Adolescents face such dangers at a time of psychological vulnerability. In adolescence39 and other periods of life, such as old age,40 concurrent or sequential exposures to victimization exacerbate the problem across physical and digital spaces. Meanwhile, mass communication feeds digital users’ learnt helplessness by inundating them with messages on why and how they need to improve themselves to garner others’ respect.
Cyberspace at Risk
Published in Kenneth Okereafor, Cybersecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021
Cyber bullying is the act of victimizing or harassing a person or group of persons using the internet or other online platforms, including, but not limited to, email, SMS, blogs, online forum, social media, etc. Most incidents of cyber bullying originate anonymously as the attacker conceals his identity to evade recognition. Hiding under the anonymity of the sender, the malicious intent of cyber bullying is to make the victim(s) miserable or psychologically tortured by inflicting emotional or verbal abuse through words, images, video, deep fakes, animation, manipulated sound recording, synthesized voice, or other contents that are insulting, offensive, derogatory, hateful, abusive, threatening, or annoying.
Exposure to Violence at School and School-Related Promotive Factors Among Adolescents in Urban Settings
Published in Journal of School Violence, 2023
Hsing-Fang Hsieh, Briana A. Scott, Sarah A. Stoddard, Marc A. Zimmerman, Michael J. Kleinsasser, Justin Heinze
With the increased use of technology among youth, cyberbullying has become a growing concern (P. K. Smith et al., 2008). Predictors of cyberbullying behavior are similar to those of bullying behavior and include exposure to violence (Varela et al., 2018). A few researchers documented the potential influences from ETV on cyberbullying of youth of color (Cho et al., 2017; Hinduja & Patchin, 2012; P. K. Smith et al., 2008). Cyberbullying, however, is different from in-person bullying in a number of ways (Bauman et al., 2013). Cyberbullying is unique in that it gives the perpetrator an opportunity to remain anonymous behind a screen, has the potential to have a larger audience, and can be recorded and saved (Willard, 2003). Therefore, cyberbullying often exists as an ongoing and intensive stressor that can be particularly harmful for the victim (Hinduja & Patchin, 2012). As a result, cyberbullying victimization can lead to mental health problems, such as suicidal ideation (Hinduja & Patchin, 2012), depression (Gámez-Guadix et al., 2013), sleep difficulties (Sourander et al., 2010) and poor academic performance among student victims (Zhou et al., 2013). It is therefore crucial to examine the risks and promotive factors against cyberbullying.
Middle School Students’ Experiences with Cyberbullying and Perspectives Toward Prevention and Bystander Intervention in Schools
Published in Journal of School Violence, 2023
Candice Biernesser, Mary Ohmer, Lisa Nelson, Elizabeth Mann, Rosta Farzan, Beth Schwanke, Ana Radovic
When cyberbullying occurs at an early age, it is linked with deleterious social, health, and academic impacts (R. M. Kowalski et al., 2014) and is associated with poor outcomes over the life course (Kim et al., 2018). Both victimization and perpetration of cyberbullying can contribute to a range of poor outcomes, including mental health impacts (e.g., depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and suicidality; Kwan et al., 2020; R. M. Kowalski et al., 2014). Cybervictimization in particular has shown a robust association to suicidal thoughts and behavior among youth (Nesi et al., 2021). Given its potentially serious and long-lasting consequences, the prevention of cyberbullying among middle school students is a critical public health need (National Academies of Sciences & Medicine, 2016).
Cyberbullying victimization and perpetration among university students in Bangladesh: Prevalence, impact and help-seeking practices
Published in Journal of School Violence, 2023
Md. Mamunur Rashid Sheikh, Md. Rony Hossan, Helena Menih
The study’s main objective was to explore the nature, prevalence, and impacts of cyberbullying among Bangladeshi university students and the help-seeking practices of the self-identified victims of cyberbullying. More specifically, the online survey sought to address the following research questions. What is the prevalence of cyberbullying victimization and perpetration among Bangladeshi university students?What are the impacts of cyberbullying among the self-identified victims?What are the help-seeking practices among the self-identified victims of cyberbullying?