Blocking and Self-Silencing: Undergraduate Students' Cyberbullying Victimization and Coping Strategies

Autor/in	Byrne, Virginia L.
Titel	Blocking and Self-Silencing: Undergraduate Students' Cyberbullying Victimization and Coping Strategies
Quelle	In: TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 65 (2021) 2, S.164-173 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Byrne, Virginia L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-3894
DOI	10.1007/s11528-020-00560-x
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Bullying; Social Media; Social Isolation; Victims; Coping; Help Seeking; Privacy; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Research Universities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Soziale Medien; Soziale Isolation; Victim; Opfer; Bewältigung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Privatsphäre; Forschungseinrichtung
Abstract	Cyberbullying is an emerging equity issue in American higher education with well-documented social, psychological, and academic consequences. Unfortunately, while higher education leaders are grappling with how to respond to cyberbullying victimization among students, their efforts are hindered by the lack of consensus on how to measure victimization or what support strategies to provide. The purpose of this paper is to explore the cyberbullying experiences of a diverse sample of undergraduate students. Using a validated measure of victimization among a sample of 459 undergraduates at a research university in the American Mid-Atlantic, nearly three out of five respondents reported having been previously victimized by a cyberbully. While universities have a duty to support victims and provide a learning environment free from harassment, this study found that students do not turn to their campus faculty and staff for support. Instead college student victims adopt technical coping strategies (e.g., block the bully, adjust privacy settings) which may further isolate them from their online communities and entrusts social media companies to resolve the situation. Contributions poses the connection between coping strategies and self-censoring in online courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01