Search results

Los menores más vulnerables a implicarse en conductas de riesgo tienen problemas en múltiples ámbitos y tienden a pertenecer a redes sociales que potencian el desarrollo de este tipo de conductas. En definitiva, aunque el grupo de iguales se perciba como la fuente más importante de apoyo social, la percepción y la recepción de apoyo social en la familia sigue siendo enormemente significativa para los menores. Sin duda, para intervenir de forma preventiva es necesario conocer los contextos y los procesos en los que se produce la violencia, así como las interpretaciones que hacen de ella los que la realizan o la sufren. [Texto de la editorial]

This book provides a much-needed analysis of the current research in the global epidemic of electronic bullying. Scholars and professionals from the Americas, Europe, and Asia offer data, insights, and solutions, acknowledging both the social psychology and technological contexts underlying cyberbullying phenomena. Contributors address questions that are just beginning to emerge as well as longstanding issues concerning family and gender dynamics, and provide evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies for school and home. The global nature of the book reflects not only the scope and severity of cyberbullying, but also the tenacity of efforts to control and eradicate the problem. Included in the coverage: Gender issues and cyberbullying in children and adolescents: from gender differences to gender identity measures. Family relationships and cyberbullying. Examining the incremental impact of cyberbullying on outcomes over and above traditional bullying in North America. A review of cyberbullying and education issues in Latin America. Cyberbullying prevention from child and youth literature. Cyberbullying and restorative justice. Cyberbullying across the Globe is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and other professionals in child and school psychology, public health, social work and counseling, educational policy, and family advocacy.

Intro -- Foreword: An International Perspective on Cyberbullying -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Cyberbullying: Definitions and Facts from a Psychosocial Perspective -- 1.1 The Internet Galaxy and Cyberbullying -- 1.2 Definition of Cyberbullying -- 1.3 Similarities and Differences Between Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying -- 1.4 Measuring Cyberbullying and Prevalence Rates -- 1.5 Effects of Cyberbullying -- 1.6 The Social Psychology of Cyberbullying -- 1.7 How to Prevent Cyberbullying and Face its Negative Effects -- 1.8 Need for Further Research -- References -- Part I: Gender, Family, and Psychosocial Issues -- Chapter 2: Gender Issues and Cyberbullying in Children and Adolescents: From Gender Differences to Gender Identity Measures -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Gender Differences in Cyberbullying -- 2.2.1 Is Cyberbullying a Gender-Specific Behavior? -- 2.2.2 What Do We Do Now with Gender? -- 2.3 Cyberbullying and Gender Identity -- 2.3.1 Gender-Typed Personality Traits and Bullying Behaviors -- 2.3.2 The Multidimensional Gender Identity Model and Bullying Behaviors -- 2.3.3 The Role of Gender Identity Dimensions and Gender-Typed Personality Traits in Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration Among Spanish Children -- 2.4 Cyberbullying and Sex and Gender Minorities -- 2.4.1 Student's Perceptions of Cyberbullying Directed to Sexual and Gender Minorities -- 2.4.1.1 The Factors Linked to This Type of Cyberbullying -- 2.4.1.2 Forms That This Type of Cyberbullying Takes -- 2.4.1.3 Cyberbullies' Motives -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Gender Variables and Cyberbullying in College Students -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Prevalence of Cyberbullying Among College Students -- 3.3 Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Cyberbullying Among College Students.

PurposePrevious research has documented a negative association between subjective well-being and different forms of victimization. The present study aims to examine differences in well-being among university student victims of cyber dating abuse and bullying after controlling for acceptance of dating violence.Design/methodologyThis a cross-sectional study involving 1,657 Spanish university students (62.1% females, 37.1% males) using a quantitative approach.FindingsThe multiple regression analysis results showed that the university students who reported low bullying victimization and low acceptance of dating violence also reported higher emotional, social and psychological well-being, although the association between bullying and well-being was weak. No relationship was found between cyber dating abuse victimization and the well-being dimensions examined (emotional, social and psychological). Indeed, the participants not involved in any form of abuse and the cyber dating abuse victims presented the highest level of emotional, social and psychological well-being compared to the bullying victims and the combined victims.Practical implicationsPrevention and intervention programs need to specifically address bullying and cyber dating abusive in university, with a special focus on normative beliefs about both types of victimization and offering different sources of support to overcome negative consequences on mental health.Originality/valueThis paper analyzes the subjective well-being correlates simultaneously in victims of cyber dating abuse and bullying among university students without assuming that every form of victimization has the same mental health outcomes.

Bullying has been recognized as an important risk factor for mental health. A growing number of researchers have encouraged parents to work collaboratively with schools to prevent and intervene in bullying situations. This study explores the relationship between parents' awareness of bullying involvement, adolescents' self-reported victimization, and six possible parents' responses to their child's victimization. The participants were 1044 seventh–tenth grade students and their parents. Logistic regressions analyses were applied to determine if parents' awareness of victimization and adolescents' self-reporting of victimization were associated with parents' responses to bullying victimization. The results showed that parents' awareness of bullying and adolescents' self-reported victimization were only associated with the "defends herself/himself" and "talks to bully" response. In other words, the parents who believe their child has been bullied are less likely to encourage their children to talk with the bully, and when children are victimized, it is less likely that their parents will encourage them to defend themselves or talk with the bully.

AbstractThe aim of the study us to analyze the difference of bullying (traditional bullying and cyberbullying) in rural and urban contexts. A total of 1094 junior and senior high school students (62.5% from urban areas, 37.6% from rural areas) from the region of Castile-La Mancha (Spain) took part herein. The results showed a similar proportion of intervention in all bullying roles and in polybullying in urban and rural context schools. However, victimization and physical bullying perpetration is more frequent in schools in urban areas. In rural schools, aggression is normally aimed at schoolmates. Regression showed the link between context and perpetration role. Victims in rural settings expressed greater distress than victims in schools in urban areas. These results indicate that the size of the population where the schools are located may be a relevant factor for the intervention, as well as the need for intervention at individual, group and community level in collaboration between schools and social services.

La societat en què vivim es troba en un moment de transformació estructural, provocat en gran mesura per l'expansió i democratització d'internet i els mitjans socials. Aquests canvis no són aliens a la universitat, on aquesta realitat tecnològica exigeix el desenvolupament de noves competències que garanteixin l'accés de la comunitat universitària a la informació i el coneixement; però, a més, és imprescindible seguir desenvolupant una adequada comprensió lectora. En aquest treball presentem una iniciativa que té com a objectiu promocionar la lectura entre els estudiants universitaris alhora que s'intenta desenvolupar l'escriptura i les habilitats tecnològiques i mediàtiques. ; The society in which we live is in process of structural change, largely engendered by the expansion and democratization of the Internet and social media. These changes are also at work in the university, where the new technological reality calls for the development of new skills to ensure the access of the university community to information and knowledge; at the same time, however, it is essential to continue to cultivate a satisfactory level of reading comprehension. In this article we present an initiative that aims to promote reading among university students while seeking to develop writing and technology and media skills. ; La sociedad en que vivimos se encuentra en un momento de transformación estructural, provocado en gran medida por la expansión y democratización de internet y los medios sociales. Estos cambios no son ajenos a la universidad, donde esta realidad tecnológica exige el desarrollo de nuevas competencias que garanticen el acceso de la comunidad universitaria a la información y el conocimiento; pero, además, es imprescindible seguir desarrollando una adecuada comprensión lectora. En este trabajo presentamos una iniciativa que tiene como objetivo promocionar la lectura entre los estudiantes universitarios, al tiempo que se intentan desarrollar la escritura y las habilidades tecnológicas y mediáticas.