Predictors, prevalence, and patterns of cyberbullying among school-going children and adolescents

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作者
Ranjith, Prabhu James [1 ]
Vranda, Mysore Narasimaha [1 ,3 ]
Kishore, M. Thomas [2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Mental Hlth & Neuro Sci NIMHANS, Inst Natl Importance, Dept Psychiat Social Work, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
[2] Natl Inst Mental Hlth & Neuro Sci NIMHANS, Inst Natl Importance, Dept Clin Psychol, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
[3] Natl Inst Mental Hlth & Neuro Sci NIMHANS, Inst Natl Importance, Dept Psychiat Social Work, Bengaluru 560029, Karnataka, India
关键词
Adolescents; coping; cyberbullying; cyber-victimization; mental health; patterns; predictors; prevalence; VICTIMIZATION; PERPETRATION; AGGRESSION; STUDENTS; IMPACT;
D O I
10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_313_23
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Background: Cyberbullying is a major health issue across the globe as it affects the mental health and well-being of the victims, especially children and adolescents, since there is a dearth of studies in the Indian setting. This study aimed to understand the predictors, patterns, prevalence, mental health problems, and coping of cyberbullying among adolescents.Methods: The study adopted a cross-sectional explorative design with 484 adolescents studying in 8(th) to 12(th) standards recruited through convenient sampling. The Cyberbullying Online Aggression Survey Instrument (COASI), Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Coping with Cyberbullying Questionnaire (CWCBQ), and Internet usage pattern were administered to collect the data. Multinomial logistic regression was used to find the predictors of the only cyber-victim, only cyber-offending, and both cyber-victim and cyber-offending.Results: The findings showed that 14.5% of teenagers were victims of cyberbullying, 5.8% were offenders, and 13.8% were both victims and offenders. The predictors for "cyber-victimization" were father's education and religion. The predictors of "cyber-offenders" were grade, Internet usage, and father's occupation. Adolescents identified as both cyber-victims and cyber-offenders were predicted by gender, grade, religion, and father's employment.Conclusion: The study indicated a high prevalence of cyber-victimization and cyber-offending among adolescents with many psychosocial risk factors. The findings highlighted the need for a school-based cyberbullying intervention program to address the issues using a whole-school approach.
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