Whom to Trust: The Role of Mediation and Perceived Harm in Support Seeking by Cyberbullying Victims

Autor	Alena Cerna Hana Machackova Lenka Dedkova
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií Masarykovy univerzity
Year	2015
Research type	paper in Journal
Annotation	This study focuses on two coping strategies in cyberbullying: talking to parents and talking to peers. The subsample of cyberbullying victims aged 9–16 (N = 1395; 59% female) from the EU Kids Online II project was analysed. We predicted talking to parents and peers according to mediation style, perceived harm, support‐seeking tendencies, parental knowledge of the child's activities online, age and gender. The results show that perceived harm and active mediation increase the likelihood of confiding. Parents play a central role and should be encouraged to show their children interest about and understanding of their online activities.
Keywords	cyberbullying, trust, parents
Research type	quantitative
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Obor	AN Psychology
Email	ldedkova@fss.muni.cz
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Link	https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12136
Research location	Ne, po zaplacení
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií Masarykovy univerzity
Organisation web	fss.muni.cz
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