TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Brief report: Cyberbullying perpetration and its associations with socio-demographics, aggressive behaviour at school, and mental health outcomes
JO  - Journal of Adolescence
A1  - Fletcher, Adam
A1  - Fitzgerald-Yau, Natasha
A1  - Jones, Rebecca
A1  - Allen, Elizabeth
A1  - Viner, Russell M.
A1  - Bonell, Chris
SP  - 1393
EP  - 1398
VL  - 37
IS  - 8
N2  - Relatively little is known about those who cyberbully others, especially in a UK context. We drew on data from 1144 young people aged 12-13 in eight English secondary schools to examine the prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration and its associations with socio-demographics, other behaviours, and health outcomes. Overall, 14.1% of respondents reported ever cyberbullying others with no significant differences by gender or socio-economic status. Drawing on mixed-effects logistic regression models, first we found a strong, dose-response relationship between aggressive behaviour at school and cyberbullying others, suggesting that cyberbullying may not only be a facet of wider patterns of bullying but also of aggression more broadly. Second, cyberbullying others was associated with poorer quality of life and with psychological difficulties but not with peer/social problems or worse mental wellbeing. Longitudinal studies are needed to assess whether such associations are causal.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-1971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.10.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -