Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Suicide

Abstract

Empirical studies and some high-profile anecdotal cases have demonstrated a link between suicidal ideation and experiences with bullying victimization or offending. The current study examines the extent to which a nontraditional form of peer aggression--cyberbullying--is also related to suicidal ideation among adolescents. In 2007, a random sample of 1,963 middle-schoolers from one of the largest school districts in the United States completed a survey of Internet use and experiences. Youth who experienced traditional bullying or cyberbullying, as either an offender or a victim, had more suicidal thoughts and were more likely to attempt suicide than those who had not experienced such forms of peer aggression. Also, victimization was more strongly related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors than offending. The findings provide further evidence that adolescent peer aggression must be taken seriously both at school and at home, and suggest that a suicide prevention and intervention component is essential within comprehensive bullying response programs implemented in schools.

The Investigation of Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Cyber Bullying and Victimization

“…Yapılan araştırmaların bir kısmı (Hinduja ve Patchin, 2010;Slonje ve Smith, 2008;Wolak, Mitchell ve Finkelhor, 2002) bu araştırmayla tutarlı biçimde kızların erkeklerden daha çok siber zorbalık yaptığını ortaya koymaktadır. Bununla birlikte erkeklerin kızlardan daha çok siber zorbalık yaptığını (Arıcak ve diğerleri, 2008;Dilmaç, 2009;Vanbosch ve VanCleemput, 2009;Williams ve Guerra, 2007) bildiren araştırmalar da bulunmaktadır.…”

“…Yapılan araştırmalar siber zorbalık ve mağduriyet ile cinsiyet, yaş (Ayas ve Horzum, 2012;Hinduja ve Patchin, 2010;Peker ve Eroğlu, 2013;Peker, Eroğlu ve Çitemel, 2012), ailenin aylık geliri (Arslan, Savaşer, Hallett ve Balcı, 2012), anne ve babanın eğitim düzeyi, anne ve babanın birlikte yaşama durumu (Mitchell, Finkelhor ve Wolak, 2003), internete bağlanılan yer (Akbulut, Şahin ve Erişti, 2010), internet kafeye gitme sıklığı (Akbulut ve Erişti, 2011), internetin aşırı kullanımı , bilgisayar kullanma becerisi (Ybarra ve Mitchell, 2004), ergenin anne ve babasının bilgisayar becerisine ilişkin algısı, interneti kullanma amaçları (Akbulut ve diğerleri, 2010), ebeveyn ve okul personelinin denetimi (Kabalcıoğlu ve Eroğlu, 2013;Spears, Slee, Owens ve Johnson, 2008), filtre programı kullanma (Eroğlu, 2014;Mitchell, Finkelhor ve Wolak, 2005) ve sosyal paylaşım sitelerini kullanma sıklığı (O'Dea ve Campbell, 2012) arasında anlamlı ilişkiler bulunduğunu rapor etmişlerdir.…”

Interrelations Between Virtual-World and Real-World Activities: Comparison of Genders, Age Groups, and Pathological and Nonpathological Internet Users

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] In other words, we may suppose that RW and VW activities that we studied are the parts of a continuum that our participants behave similarly while they're online or offline. Similar significant correlations were found between RW and VW activities for different age groups.…”

“…For example, the research on bullying-cyberbullying and online-offline aggression indicated that these behaviors were correlated to each other. [4][5][6] Moreover, offline victims were found to be online victims. 7,8 Beyond these problematic behaviors, social networks in RW and offline friendships seem to continue in VW.…”

A qualitative investigation into the relationships between social factors and suicidal thoughts and acts experienced by people with a bipolar disorder diagnosis

“…An extensive body of research suggests that suicidal behaviour occurs as the result of a complex interaction between numerous cumulative factors (e.g., Dieserud et al, 2001; O" Connor & Sheehy, 2001;Panagioti, Gooding, Taylor, & Tarrier, 2013;Taylor et al, 2010;Wasserman et al, 2007) Therefore, a biopsychosocial conceptualisation of suicidal behaviour is utilised within many clinical settings (e.g., Hoffman, 2000;King & Merchant, 2008;O"Connor & Nock, 2014;O"Connor & Sheehy, 2000). The influential role of social or interpersonal factors in the development of suicidality (i.e., suicidal thoughts, feelings and behaviours) has been substantially documented within the research literature, in both clinical and non-clinical populations (e.g., Coker et al, 2002;Hawton et al, 2012;Hinduja & Patchin, 2010;Jakupcak et al, 2010). However, the role of such factors within pathways leading to suicidal behaviour is still not fully understood.…”