Görzig, Anke and Frumkin, Lara A. (2013) Cyberbullying experiences on-the-go: when social media can become distressing. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 7 (1). ISSN 1802-7962
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The current study examines the differences between those who have been cyberbullied online and on mobile devices (on-the-go) and those who have been cyberbullied online but not on mobile devices. Additionally, country differences in cyberbullying on-the-go are explored. Analyses were carried out employing a random stratified sample of 25,142 children aged 9-16 from 25 European countries. A multilevel stepwise logistic regression with cyberbullying mode (online and mobile phone vs. online only) as the dependent variable showed that among online bully victims being cyberbullied on-the-go was less likely in Bulgaria and Denmark and more likely in Sweden when compared to the odds across all countries. Moreover, being cyberbullied on-the-go was associated with being older, female and using the internet on-the-go (step 1), higher sensation seeking, psychological difficulties and being more upset by the experience (step 2) as well as a higher likelihood of being bullied via social networking sites (SNS) and instant messages (IM) but not the range of cyberbullying types experienced (step 3). In this last step of the analysis being upset by the experience as well as psychological difficulties ceased to be related to the mode of cyberbullying suggesting that cyberbullying experiences on SNS and IM are potential mechanisms by which cyberbullying on-the-go is experienced as more distressing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/index.php |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Cyberpsychology |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2013 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2024 22:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/49530 |
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