Cyberbullying victims: Telling parents and peers
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | R&D Presentation |
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| Description | Victims of cyberbullying could face negative consequences, which could be influenced by chosen coping strategies. In our study, we focused on two strategies: talking to parents or peers. We examined the relation between these coping strategies and parental and peer internet use mediation: parental supportive, restrictive and monitoring mediation and peer supportive mediation. Further, we examined the moderating effect of age and perceived harm. We conducted our analyses on the sample of cyberbullying victims aged 9-16 (N=1,185) from the EU Kids Online II project. The results showed significantly different effects of predictors among all four groups. The main differences were found between the group of children who were bothered by the incident. Parental supportive mediation positively predicted the probability of telling parents only among younger victims. Regarding telling peers, there were significant differences in the effect of other three predictors among all groups. |