1st Edition

Cyberbullying Development, Consequences, Risk and Protective Factors

Edited By Ersilia Menesini, Christiane Spiel Copyright 2012
138 Pages
by Psychology Press

144 Pages
by Psychology Press

From the beginning of 2000, with the increase and diffusion of modern technologies, a new form of bullying using electronic means has emerged. Literature has reached some consistent findings on the description of the problem. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about developmental processes of cyberbullying and about possible predictors and correlates. Some of the main emerging areas... Read more

1. Introduction: Cyberbullying: Development, consequences, risk and protective factors Ersilia Menesini and Christiane Spiel

2. A longitudinal study of cyberbullying: Examining risk and protective factors Kostas A. Fanti, Andreas G. Demetriou and Veronica V. Hawa

3. Recalling unpresented hostile words: False memories predictors of traditional and cyberbullying Manila Vannucci, Annalaura Nocentini, Giuliana Mazzoni and Ersilia Menesini

4. Cyberbullying and traditional bullying in adolescence: Differential roles of moral disengagement, moral emotions, and moral values Sonja Perren and Eveline Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger

5. Cyberbullying in context: Direct and indirect effects by low self-control across 25 European countries Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Hana Machackova, Anna Sevcikova, David Smahel and Alena Cerna

6. Cyber-victimization and popularity in early adolescence: Stability and predictive associations Petra Gradinger, Dagmar Strohmeier, Eva Maria Schiller, Elisabeth Stefanek and Christiane Spiel

7. Processes of cyberbullying, and feelings of remorse by bullies: A pilot study Robert Slonje, Peter K. Smith and Ann Frisén

8. How stressful is online victimization? Effects of victim's personality and properties of the incident Frithjof Staude-Müller, Britta Hansen and Melanie Voss

9. The association between the mental health and behavioural problems of students and their reactions to cyber-victimization Julian J. Dooley, Therese Shaw and Donna Cross

Biography

Ersilia Menesini is Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology at the University of Florence, Italy.

Christiane Spiel is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Vienna, Austria.