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Predictors of traditional and cyber-bullying victimization : A longitudinal study of Australian secondary school students
Hemphill, Sheryl Tollit, Michelle Kotevski, Aneta Heerde, Jessica
Hemphill, Sheryl
Tollit, Michelle
Kotevski, Aneta
Heerde, Jessica
Abstract
The purpose of the present article is to compare the individual, peer, family, and school risk and protective factors for both traditional and cyber-bullying victimization. This article draws on data from 673 students from Victoria, Australia, to examine Grade 7 (aged 12-13 years) predictors of traditional and cyber-bullying victimization in Grade 9 (aged 14-15 years). Participants completed a modified version of the Communities That Care youth survey. There were few similarities and important differences in the predictors of traditional and cyber-bullying victimization. For Grade 9 cyber-bullying victimization, in the fully adjusted model, having been a victim of traditional bullying in Grade 7 and emotional control in Grade 7 were predictors. For Grade 9 traditional bullying victimization, predictors were Grade 7 traditional bullying victimization, association with antisocial peers, and family conflict, with family attachment and emotional control marginally statistically significant. The use of evidence-based bullying prevention programs is supported to reduce experiences of both traditional and cyber-bullying victimization, as is the implementation of programs to assist students to regulate their emotions effectively. In addition, traditional bullying victimization may be reduced by addressing association with antisocial friends, family conflict, and bonding to families.
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2015
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Journal article
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Journal of Interpersonal Violence: concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence
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30
Issue
15
Page Range
2567-2590
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School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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