Exploring factors associated with cyber bullying among middle and high school students
Schedule:
Friday, January 15, 2010: 8:00 AM
Garden Room A (Hyatt Regency)
* noted as presenting author
Faye Mishna, PhD , University of Toronto, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
Charlene Cook, MPA , University of Toronto, Doctoral Candidate, Toronto, ON, Canada
Tahany Gadalla, PhD , University of Toronto, Professor, Toronto, ON, Canada
Joanne Daciuk , University of Toronto, Research Co-ordinator, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background and Purpose: The Internet has become a site for bullying, exacerbated by perceptions of anonymity, technological knowledge among youth, and the ability of bullying messages and images to be quickly transmitted to a large audience. While a developing research base exists (Hinduja & Patchin, 2009; Kowalski & Limber, 2007; Williams & Guerra, 2007), little research has explored the factors that place youth most at risk for being cyber bullied and perpetrating cyber bullying. The purpose of this research was to identify subgroups of youth most likely to have cyber bullied or to have experienced cyber bullying.
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