An international study of cyber bullying perception and diffusion among adolescents

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2011-02-07

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Mura, Giulia
Topcu, Cigdem
Erdur Baker, Özgür
Diamantini, Davide

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The present research aims to address the differences and similarities between the cyber bullying experiences of Italian and Turkish university students. In order to collect comparable data, a quantitative questionnaire has been created and submitted to a sample of 215 Italian (77 male, 138 female) and 122 Turkish (44 male, 76 female, 2 unknown) university students. Descriptive analysis was conducted to illustrate the pattern of information and communication technology (ICT) usage and cyber bullying/victimization experiences among Turkish and Italian university students. The results show similar overall trends in Internet use, cyber bullying and cyber victimization experiences of the two samples while in-depth analysis underline differences in specific behaviors.

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Cyber bullying, Cross-cultural study, University students, Italy, Turkey

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/35147

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.377

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Department of Educational Sciences, Conference / Seminar

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G. Mura, C. Topcu, Ö. Erdur Baker, and D. Diamantini, “An international study of cyber bullying perception and diffusion among adolescents,” 2011, vol. 15, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/35147.