Cyberbullying: An overrated phenomenon?
Cyberbullying: An overrated phenomenon?
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DOI：
10.1080/17405629.2012.682358
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Olweus, Dan
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作者：
Olweus, Dan
这篇论文认为，媒体和其他地方关于网络欺凌的一些说法被大大夸大了，几乎没有实证科学支持。与这些说法相矛盾的是，事实证明，如果在适当的背景下进行研究，网络欺凌是一种低流行率的现象，并没有随着时间的推移而增加，也没有产生许多“新的”受害者和欺凌者，即没有参与某种形式的传统欺凌的儿童和青年。这些结论是基于两个相当大的学生样本，一个来自美国，一个来自挪威，这两个都有四年或五年的时间序列数据。有人进一步认为，网络欺凌可能产生的负面影响的问题还没有得到认真的研究关注，并提出了一些策略，这样的研究与一些方法的建议。最后，一般建议学校将其大部分反欺凌努力用于对抗传统欺凌，并结合可能减少已经很低的网络欺凌流行率的重要系统级战略。
The paper argues that several claims about cyberbullying made in the media and elsewhere are greatly exaggerated and have little empirical scientific support. Contradicting these claims, it turns out that cyberbullying, when studied in proper context, is a low-prevalence phenomenon, which has not increased over time and has not created many "new" victims and bullies, that is, children and youth who are not also involved in some form of traditional bullying. These conclusions are based on two quite large samples of students, one from the USA and one from Norway, both of which have time series data for periods of four or five years. It is further argued that the issue of possible negative effects of cyberbullying has not received much serious research attention and a couple of strategies for such research are suggested together with some methodological recommendations. Finally, it is generally recommended that schools direct most of their anti-bullying efforts to counteracting traditional bullying, combined with an important system-level strategy that is likely to reduce the already low prevalence of cyberbullying.