Siber Zorbalık Üzerine Ülkeler Arası bir Karşılaştırma: İtalya ve Türkiye Örnekleri

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate how Italian and Turkish university students perceive cyber bullying. A total of 256 Italian (161 females, 95 males) and 122 Turkish (76 females, 44 males, 2 did not report gender) university students were recruited by convenience sampling. The ages of the participants ranged between 18 and 33 for both the Italian sample (M = 20.9; SD = 1.92) and the Turkish sample (M = 22.77; SD = 2.47). Data were collected via a questionnaire which included two vignettes depicting different cyber bullying episodes (one web-site and one mobile phone episode) and follow-up questions. Results indicated that cyber bullying appears to be widespread among both samples. Although the respondents from the two countries share similar perceptions of cyber bullying, discrepancies exist in how Turkish and Italian university students perceive what a cyber bullying incidence is, and who is called the cyber bully and the cyber victim. Researchers and practitioners need to be aware of the unique needs of university students from different countries while planning prevention programs for cyber bullying.

Bullying victimization and suicidal ideation in adolescents: The moderation effect of family, teachers and peers support

“…Bullying victimization is a phenomenon that results in negative consequences for the population of countries with diverse cultures such as Brazil (e.g., Krieger & Mendes, 2012), Canada (e.g., Salmon et al, 2018), Nigeria (e.g., Fenny & Falola, 2020); Korea (e.g., Moon et al, 2011); Japan and the United States (e.g., Hilton et al, 2010). However, based on previous evidence, it is known that the culture of a particular country may influence, for example, the understanding of bullying, the prevalence of bullying, the methods of bullying or the family’s characteristics of the victim (e.g., Hilton et al, 2010; Hosozawa et al, 2021; Mura et al, 2017). For instance, Hilton et al (2010) revealed that adolescents from United States tended to exhibit higher levels of verbal bullying, in contrast to Japanese adolescents, where indirect bullying was more prevalent.…”