New bottle but old wine: A research of cyberbullying in schools

  • Authors:

  • Qing Li

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Calgary, Division of Faculty of Education, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alta., Canada T2N IN4

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This study investigates the nature and the extent of adolescences' experience of cyberbullying. A survey study of 177 grade seven students in an urban city is conducted. In this paper, ''cyberbullying'' refers to bullying via electronic communication tools. The results show that almost 54% of the students were victims of traditional bullying and over a quarter of them had been cyber-bullied. Almost one in three students had bullied others in the traditional form, and almost 15% had bullied others using electronic communication tools. Almost 60% of the cyber victims are females, while over 52% of cyber-bullies are males. Majority of the cyber-bully victims and bystanders did not report the incidents to adults.