Thursday, 19 September 2013

Cyberbullying and Adolescents




This blog I'll start by reminding Ryan the case struck me, perhaps because it was with that made ​​me aware of the true extent of this problem.

Ryan, a boy of 13 years contacted via SMS and e-mail during the summer of 2003 with a schoolmate. 's Partner had no interest rate by Ryan simply was following the game. At the end of the holiday and found both at school, this companion called it "failed" and mocked him in front of all your friends. On October 3, 2003, Ryan killed himself.


Definition of cyberbullying


Cyberbullying takes place anytime, using any device (phone, PDA, tablet, desktop, etc ...) and electronic service (e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, etc ...).
The young man suffering physical harassment at school, the risk of cyberbullying is seven times greater.

Mainly, parents, guardians and teachers need to pay attention to the alarm indicators of violence such as isolation, worsening of school performance and absenteeism.








Types of Bullyi

Flaming or heated Discussion: Youth attack each other while chatting: You can be brief and violent but can be a situation in which the partners insult and disrespect.

Harassment or Harassment: Serious Insults and abuse. The attacker sends hundreds of abusive messages.

Cyberbullying: The stalker uses different electronic media in order to pursue the victim. Follow hostile to the victim with threats and false accusations.

Happy slapping or paste for fun: Authors assault someone on the street while others recorded the scene and posted on the Internet.

Disclaimer: The authors expel another boy his virtual group denied access.

The data on the magnitude of cyberbullying are very varied. There is an estimate that ranges from 4% to 15% of young people affected depending on how you take the definition of cyberbullying and age group or people, date and other factors.

Anonymity on the Net

Harassment in the network has a great ally, anonymity. Young people can adopt false identities and spreading rumors or lies in wide range of people. According to the publication Die Polizie in cyber attacks reduces the natural inhibition that originates to harass another person because, not face to face with their victims and can not immediately see the consequences of their behavior

Traits stalker

Studies revealed that if there is a common factor among bullies and victims is the low self esteem of both. In the profile of victims and bullies-victims was also detected social anxiety disorders.

The child or adolescent stalker seek notoriety, wants to be impassive and powerful, is motivated by jealousy and revenge and sometimes harassment exercised only by boredom.
The more connected you feel the bully at school or their peers via trust or partnership decreases the degree of harassment of other students.



In the probability bullies routinely presented another problem behavior such as aggression or violation of rules increases the more harass their peers. Cyber ​​bullying can compensate and reinforce the low self-esteem.

In 2010, 11.6% of young people between 12 and 18 admitted to having been bullied in the network and 8% through mobile.

Listen alarm signals

Young people under school bullying state that subject for the same suffer from depression, you feel helpless and find it hard to concentrate.

The effects of cyberbullying results in certain signs or warning signs that parents and teachers should be aware of.

After a raid by Internet or receive message, the young man feels irritated, avoid contact with age peers and school performance worsens. Behavior is significant is because, often do not have your problem to adults, specifically, according to research just one in ten young adult reports someone suffering mobbing.

Teens should avoid posting on their profiles of social networks, the publication of information that can be used against you. If a child or young person has been bullied an effective way to react is to collect all the material and messages of harassment and sent to the parents of the bully. 

If it is a harmless harassment delete and ignore recommended. If the harasser is the same school must immediately notify the same direction as well as counseling and educational psychology departments in the case of having them.

Method "no blame approach" (no indictment)

In the decade of 80s Barbara Maines and George Robinson, a psychiatrist and director of a special school for children with behavioral problems developed that system.

This model starts from the premise that bullying can not be avoided in schools and the punishment is useless. Since this model is intended to identify those involved in order to analyze the basic problems together that have led to this situation. The goal is compression stalker to his victim to eventually asked forgiveness and establish a friendly relationship.

This model is applicable in situations where bullies known and belong to the same school of vícitima.

In any case, sincerity and curiosity about the issues that concern young people today, taking into consideration any suspicion of harassment and putting aid to the victim of punishment to the author are the indispensable foundations for parents, guardians and teachers wish to successfully solve the problem.


                                                                     by iBonis Project


Further reading: Examining Characteristics and Associated distress related to Internet harassment: findings from the second youth internet safety survey. Ybarra ML






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