ERIC Number: ED490641
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Apr
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Cyberbullying in Schools: Nature and Extent of Canadian Adolescents' Experience
Li, Qing
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Canada, Apr 2005)
This study is an exploration of the cyberbullying issue. The primary focus is on the examination of the nature and extent of adolescents' cyberbullying experiences. Particularly, the following research questions guide this exploration: (1) To what extent do adolescents experience cyberbullying? (2) What are the characteristics of cyberbullying? (3) What are the types of tools used for cyberbullying? A survey of 177 grade seven students (80 males and 97 females) was analyzed to answer the research questions. The results show that almost 54% of the students were bully victims and over a quarter of them had been cyber-bullied. More than half of the students knew someone being cyber-bullied. Over 40% cyberbully victims had no ideas who cyber-bullied them. Further, there was a close tie among bullies, cyberbullies, and cyberbully victims. Survey instrument is appended. (Contains 8 tables.)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Grade 7
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Canada
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A