Here is the research we’ve found on cyberbullying in Bermuda, with the most recent first. Please email us if you have any articles to add with the details ordered in the same format as the others.
Authors: Dorio, N.B., Clark, K.N., Demaray, M.K., and Doll, E.M.
Year: 2019
Title: School Climate Counts: A Longitudinal Analysis of School Climate and Middle School Bullying Behaviors
Journal: International Journal of Bullying Prevention
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42380-019-00038-2
Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether student perceptions of school climate were associated with traditional and cyber bullying participant behaviors over the course of a school year. Additionally, gender was explored as a moderator in the associations between school climate perceptions and bullying participant behaviors. Data were collected from 870 6th through 8th grade middle school students using the Bullying Participant Behaviors Questionnaire (BPBQ; Demaray et al. 2014), the Cyber Victimization Survey (CVS; Brown et al. Computers in Human Behavior, 35, 12–21, 2014), and the Safe and Responsive Schools Safe Schools Survey–Secondary Form (SRS; Skiba et al. School Violence Research, 3, 149–171, 2004). Results indicated students’ perceptions of school climate were significantly related to maladaptive bullying role behaviors (traditional and cyber bullying, traditional and cyber victimization, assisting in bullying, and outsider behaviors) but not adaptive role behaviors (defending). There were significant gender interactions with school climate, particularly with perceptions of delinquency/major safety at school. Implications concerning these findings are discussed.
Author(s): Davis, K., & Koepke, L.
Year: 2016
Title: Risk and protective factors associated with cyberbullying: Are relationships or rules more protective?
Journal: Learning, Media and Technology
URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439884.2014.994219
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate which adolescents are most and least at risk of experiencing online victimization. The results of logistic regression analyses using data on 2079 adolescents attending secondary school in Bermuda indicate that not all forms of media use place adolescents at risk of experiencing cyberbullying. Adolescents who spent more time using their cell phone were more likely to report having received an aggressive or threatening electronic communication and having had someone say nasty things about them online. There was no such relationship between time on the internet and either form of online victimization. The findings also suggest that strong parent relationships and positive experiences at school are generally more protective against cyberbullying than adults’ restrictions on adolescents’ media use. These findings contribute important insight into strategies that hold promise for decreasing cyberbullying among adolescents.
