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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 9/2016

29-07-2016 | Empirical Research

The Role of Online Communication in Long-Term Cyberbullying Involvement Among Girls and Boys

Auteurs: Ruth Festl, Thorsten Quandt

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 9/2016

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Abstract

Digital media, especially mobile communication technologies, enable adolescents to explore and experiment with each other with only limited adult control. Conflicts between peers can be easily staged since nearly everybody can be reached at any time under the radar of authorities. Therefore, involvement in conflicts and bullying might depend on how adolescents use and behave online. In the present study, we provide a comprehensive picture of the role aspects of online communication play in long-term involvement in cyberbullying. We focused on a gender-specific perspective, as girls and boys were found to differ not only according to their online communication but also in their cyberbullying involvement. Using a two-wave panel survey of 1817 adolescents between 13 and 17 years (56 % female), we found that girls’ cyberbullying involvement (perpetration and victimization) could be traced back to more intensive online social activities and a higher amount of online contact with strangers. In contrast, for boys, only higher exposure to antisocial media content predicted higher levels of victimization over time. The findings indicate that certain patterns of online communication increase the cyberbullying risk over time. However, it needs to be noted that these risk factors vary between girls and boys.
Voetnoten
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In the German school system, pupils are usually separated after 4th grade and, according to their school achievements, distributed to different types of schools with a three-part ranking of educational levels (lower-track, intermediate, and higher-track education schools).
 
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We excluded two types of cyberbullying that Vandebosch and van Cleemput (2009) suggested due to conceptual difficulties.
 
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Of the original eight items (see den Hamer and Konjin 2015), we excluded the four items referring to sexual risk behavior and substance use since the focus of our study was on online exposure to antisocial activities. Additionally, the item “…people who shoot at another person” had to be excluded since invariance testing revealed that girls’ and boys’ response probabilities were different for this specific question.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Role of Online Communication in Long-Term Cyberbullying Involvement Among Girls and Boys
Auteurs
Ruth Festl
Thorsten Quandt
Publicatiedatum
29-07-2016
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 9/2016
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0552-9

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