A social-ecological approach to cyberbullying / Michelle F. Wright, Editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wright, Michelle F., editor.

Series:

Bullying and victimization series.

Bullying and Victimization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberbullying--Social aspects.

Cyberbullying.

Bullying.

Bullying in schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cyberbullying is a growing concern and a negative consequence associated with children's and adolescents' increasing accessibility to the internet and digital technologies. Children and adolescents are accessing the internet and these technologies at younger and younger ages, leaving some of them vulnerable to cyberbullying. As a new phenomenon, cyberbullying might be best understood as a complex process resulting from the interplay among the individual and multiple environments. To this end, this groundbreaking book provides a new framework for understanding cyberbullying perpetration and victimization. Utilizing the social-ecological perspective to describe how personal factors and multiple environments contribute to cyberbullying, the book compiles research on these topics from international researchers in developmental psychology, social psychology, counseling, school psychology, social work, criminology, law, and clinical psychology. Providing critical information about individual and contextual predictors of cyberbullying, the authors provide new practices and policies for addressing these behaviors. Key topics include: *

Contents:

A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO CYBERBULLYING; A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO CYBERBULLYING; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING CYBERBULLYING INVOLVEMENT; INTRODUCTION; THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL THEORY TO TRADITIONAL FACE-TO-FACE BULLYING; EXPANSION OF THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL THEORY TO INCLUDE ICTS AND THE CYBER CONTEXT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PREDICTING CYBERBULLYING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCTION

PAST: THE GROUNDWORKPRESENT: THE USE OF THEORY; FUTURE: THE NEXT STEP; APPLIED EXTENSIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: MEASURING CYBERBULLYING: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT; INTRODUCTION; AN INTEGRATIVE ASSESSMENT APPROACH; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: ADOLESCENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF SUFFERED AND COMMITTED CYBER-AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCTION; CYBERBULLYING: A COMPLEX MULTIDIMENSIONAL AND EMERGENT CONSTRUCT; DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN RESEARCHERS' AND ADOLESCENTS' CONCERNING THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF CYBERBULLYING

HOW THE EXPERIENCES OF AGGRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION AFFECT ADOLESCENTS' PERCEPTIONSMETHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: EXAMINATION OF CYBERBULLYING EXPERIENCES AMONG STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS; INTRODUCTION; EXAMINATION OF CYBERBULLYING EXPERIENCES AMONG DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS; CYBERBULLYING AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS; CYBERBULLYING AMONG MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; CYBERBULLYING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CYBERBULLYING PERPETRATION: THE ROLE OF MORAL DISENGAGEMENT AND AGGRESSION; INTRODUCTION; METHOD

RESULTSTESTING THE MULTIPLE MEDIATION MODEL; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PEER-PRESSURED SEXTING; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; PRESSURED OR COERCED SEXTING; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; PRESSURED SEXTING AND RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: THE ROLE OF EMOTIONAL PROCESSES IN (CYBER)BULLYING; INTRODUCTION; WHEN (CYBER)BULLIES MEET OTHERS: THE ROLE OF EMOTION PERCEPTION ABILITIES, EMOTIONALITY A ND EMOTION REGULATION; CYBER)BULLIES' SUBJECTIVE DISPOSITIONS IN RELATION TO OTHERS' EMOTIONS: THE ROLE OF EMPATHY AND CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS

HANDLING OWN AND OTHERS' EMOTIONS: THE ROLE OF (CYBER)BULLIES' EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCECONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: WHO IS WHO IN CYBERBULLYING? CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES ON BYSTANDERS IN CYBERBULLYING; INTRODUCTION; CYBERBULLYING AND TRADITIONAL BULLYING; CONCEPTUAL MODELS OF BYSTANDING IN TRADITIONAL BULLYING; DETERMINANTS AND CORRELATES OF CYBERBYSTANDING BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SITUATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF CYBERBYSTANDING; MILESTONES AND DIRECTIONS OF FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES

Chapter 10: THE ADOLESCENT-PARENT CONTEXT AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECOLOGY OF CYBERBULLYING

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-204-9