TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Cyberbullying in a Rural Intermediate School: An Exploratory Study
JO  - Journal of early adolescence
A1  - Bauman, Sheri
SP  - 803
EP  - 833
VL  - 30
IS  - 6
N2  - Students (N = 221) in an intermediate school (grades 5-8) in a rural area of the Southwestern United States completed a survey regarding their familiarity with technology and their experiences with cyberbullying during the school year. Initial evidence of survey reliability is presented. In the sample, 1.5% of participants were classified as cyberbullies only, 3% as cybervictims only, and 8.6% as cyberbully/victims. Grade and gender differences were investigated. The best predictor of cyberbullying in a regression equation was cybervictimization, and vice versa. Self-blaming attributions predicted emotional distress in response to a cyberbullying scenario; moral disengagement predicted acting out behaviors in response to the same scenario. Implications of the findings are discussed.<p /> 
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SN  - 0272-4316
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431609350927
ID  - ref1
ER  -