Review articleCyberbullying Prevalence Among US Middle and High School–Aged Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Quality Assessment
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Study design
Our goal was to conduct a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature addressing CB literature, guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. Given the heterogeneity of CB measurement instruments used in the included studies, we did not feel that a meta-analysis to determine overall CB prevalence between studies was feasible.
Search strategy
In consultation with a health sciences librarian, searches were performed on four major databases of medical and social
Results
Our initial search yielded 1,447 nonduplicate manuscripts, of which, 1,260 were included in the initial review of English-language peer-reviewed publications (Figure 1). Further exclusion was made of 302 nonoriginal research manuscripts, 339 manuscripts that did not assess CB, 24 manuscripts that assessed only a special population, 64 manuscripts of participants outside middle and high school ages, 33 qualitative manuscripts, 254 manuscripts of CB studies conducted outside the United States,
Discussion
Our findings suggest a robust interest in the research community in studying CB prevalence among middle and high school–aged adolescents, with 81 manuscripts (58 studies) reporting prevalence among US adolescents in the last 12 years. We applied a quality review to manuscripts and found that manuscripts most often scored poorly using a validated measurement tool. Among these studies, we found varied prevalence of CB perpetration and victimization as well as variable terms used as outcomes
Acknowledgments
The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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