Cyberbullying. Differences between secondary school students.

J. M. Avilés Martínez.

Boletín de Psicología, 96, 79-96, 2009.

Spanish

English

Cyberbullying, abuse, empathy, feelings.

Research

Researchers.

1 - 20 pages

This article shows relevant results of cyberbullying through the internet and mobile services in secondary schools in Galicia and Casitilla-León. Especially notable are the proposals for intervention by this author, who bet because the preventive work must be driven from the school itself. Possible measures to implement, would be an assessment to determine the prevalence in the heart of the problem and to provide the construction of responses. It is extremely important, since schools provide information and training on cyber-bullying, how it is produced, how and who to contact, the consequences and legal implications of the commission of possible crimes. Another interesting measure in this paper is the proposal to create stable networks of students aimed at promoting values contrary to violence and abuse, as would the networks of mediators and support teams. And finally, you mentioned the proposal to work with other actors in the educational community and the socio-educational minimize side effects of sociocultural factors in the development of these behaviors.

This article focuses mainly on the proposals as measures of intervention on cyberbullying through program development and comprehensive global commitment. These commitments raise the aim, first, to develop joint projects to strengthen basic community living habits in society based on respect and solidarity and other habits obtained from the management of emotions, work towards respect for others and shared moral education.

http://www.uv.es/seoane/boletin/previos/N96-6.pdf

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