Does cyberbullying occur simultaneously with other types of violence exposure?

Autor(es)

Vieira, Marlene A. ^[1] ; Ronning, John A. ^[2] ; Mari, Jair de J. ^[1] ; Bordin, Isabel A. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Psiquiatria, Rua Borges Lagoa 570, BR-04038030 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Tromso, Inst Clin Med, Tromso - Norway

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria; v. 41, n. 3, p. 234-237, MAY-JUN 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Objective: Our study aimed to verify whether cyberbullying victimization among adolescents occurs concomitantly with other forms of violence exposure (at home, at school and in the community). Methods: A collaborative longitudinal study by Norwegian and Brazilian researchers was conducted in Itaboraf, a low-income city in southeast Brazil. At baseline, trained interviewers applied a semi-structured questionnaire to a population-based sample of 669 in-school adolescents (11-15 years old). The investigated types of violence exposure included cyberbullying, traditional bullying, severe physical punishment by parents and community violence (victimization and eye-witnessed violent events outside the home and school). Results: In the previous six months, 1.9% of the adolescents had been victims of cyberbullying, and 21.9% had been victims of physical aggression, verbal harassment and/or social manipulation by peers. However, only 5.5% of the adolescents considered themselves bullying victims. In the previous 12 months, 12.4% of adolescents had suffered severe physical punishment, 14.0% had been victims of community violence, and 20.9% eye-witnessed community violence. Multivariable regression analysis showed that victimization by multiple types of traditional bullying and self-perceived bullying victimization were correlates of cyberbullying victimization, while suffering violence at home and in the community were not. Conclusion: This study provides evidence of an association between cyberbullying, traditional bullying and self-perceived bullying among low-income Brazilian adolescents. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/17931-5 - O impacto da violência escolar (bullying) na saúde mental do adolescente
• Beneficiário: Marlene Apolinário Vieira
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado