Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6889522 | Telematics and Informatics | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
This paper examined the emotional reactions and actions involving cyberbullying, focusing on the cyber bullies, victims, bully-victims and bystanders. Gender analysis was conducted to examine if males and females behave and react differently. Self-administered surveys were used to gather data from a large sample of 1158 young adults, mostly university students in Malaysia (Mageâ¯=â¯21.0â¯years; SDâ¯=â¯2.16). Findings indicate the presence of cyberbullying perpetration after the schooling years, with 8% (Nâ¯=â¯93) bullying, 18.6% (Nâ¯=â¯216) victimization, 15.2% (Nâ¯=â¯174) bullying and victimization, and 53.4% (Nâ¯=â¯675) witnessing a cyberbullying incident in the past one year. Most of the bullies reported to be remorseful; however the majority did nothing after a perpetration. Most of the victims on the other hand, experienced anger, sadness and depression after a victimization with the majority claiming to have defended themselves (75%). The majority of the bully-victims regretted their actions, pitied the victims and felt angry after a cyberbullying perpetration/victimization. Bystanders mostly reported feeling pity for the victim and angry at the bullies, with the majority (61.5%) claiming to have defended the victims. However, 40% of them behaved indifferently out of fear retaliation. Finally, gender analysis revealed females to have significantly experienced more emotions than males whereas more males did nothing after a cyberbullying incident, both as victims and bystanders.
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Authors
Vimala Balakrishnan,