Optimizing Population Screening of Bullying in School-Aged Children

Vaillancourt, Tracy; Trinh, Vi; McDougall, Patricia; Duku, Eric; Cunningham, Lesley J.; Cunningham, Charles E.; Hymel, Shelley; Short, Kathy

doi:10.1080/15388220.2010.483182

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“…18 Other population-based studies confirm that bullying is a serious problem among Canadian children. In a study of 16,799 Ontario students in grades 4 to 12, Vaillancourt et al 2 found that 37.6% of students reported being bullied by others, with girls reporting being bullied by their peers at a higher rate than boys. Results also indicated that being bullied verbally was the most common form of abuse endured by students, especially for those in elementary and middle school (i.e., over 50% indicated that they had been repeatedly called names by other students).…”

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Cyberbullying in Children and Youth: Implications for Health and Clinical Practice

2016

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We review the recent literature on cyberbullying and its effects on victimised youth, identifying key points. We conclude that cyberbullying, while following many of the underlying dynamics of more traditional forms of bullying, features some unique qualities that can both magnify the damage caused and make it more difficult to detect. These features include the pervasive, never-ending nature of cyberbullying and the ability to quickly reach large audiences. The potential for anonymity and the related distance afforded by screens and devices compared to in-person interaction allow the cruelty of cyberbullying to go unchecked. Despite the perceived anonymity of cyberbullying, cyberbullying can be perpetrated by friends, who often have intimate knowledge about the victimised youth that can be devastating when made public. Given the difficulty schools face in preventing or even detecting cyberbullying, health care providers are an important ally, due to their knowledge of the youth, the sense of trust they bring to youth, and their independence from the school setting. We conclude by calling for routine screening of bullying by health care providers who deal with paediatric populations. Abré géNous examinons la littérature récente sur la cyberintimidation et son effet sur les adolescents victimisés, et identifions les principaux points. Nous concluons que la cyberintimidation, même si elle suit des dynamiques sous-jacentes de nombreuses formes d'intimidation plus traditionnelles, présente certaines qualités uniques qui peuvent à la fois magnifier les dommages causés et les rendre plus difficiles à détecter. Ces traits sont notamment la nature envahissante, sans fin de la cyberintimidation et la capacité de joindre rapidement un vaste public. Le potentiel d'anonymat et la distance relative que favorisent les écrans et les machines comparativement à l'interaction en personne, permettent à la cruauté de la cyberintimidation de passer sans être contrô lée. Malgré l'anonymat perçu de la cyberintimidation, celle-ci peut être perpétrée par des amis, qui ont souvent des connaissances intimes au sujet de l'adolescent victimisé, lesquelles peuvent être dévastatrices quand elles sont rendues publiques. Étant donné la difficulté qu'éprouvent les écoles à prévenir ou même à détecter la cyberintimidation, les prestataires de soins de santé sont un allié important, en raison de leur connaissance des adolescents, du sentiment de confiance qu'ils inspirent aux jeunes, et de leur indépendance du cadre scolaire. Nous concluons en demandant un dépistage routinier de l'intimidation par les praticiens de la santé qui travaillent auprès des populations pédiatriques.

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Cyberbullying in Children and Youth: Implications for Health and Clinical Practice

2016

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“…Bullying usually starts in primary school, peaks in middle school, and lasts well into high school and beyond [27,36,9]. Across a national sample of students in grades 4 through 12 in the United States, 38% of students reported being bullied by others and 32% reported bullying others [40].…”

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Fast learning for sentiment analysis on bullying

Zhu

Bellmore

2012

Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Issues of Sentiment Discovery and Opinion Mining

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Bullying is a serious national health issue among adolescents. Social media offers a new opportunity to study bullying in both physical and cyber worlds. Sentiment analysis has the potential to identify victims who pose high risk to themselves or others, and to enhance the scientific understanding of bullying overall. We identify seven emotions common in bullying. While some of the emotions are well-studied before, others are non-standard in the sentiment analysis literature. We propose a fast training procedure to recognize these emotions without explicitly producing a conventional labeled training dataset. We apply our procedure to social media posts on bullying and discuss our findings.

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“…Second, a major critical point is the single-item measurement method used. Single-item measures are less time consuming, but single-item measures may underestimate the real number of victims (37). Kowalski et al (14) has argued that participants may be less willing to answer honestly on single items due to feelings of stigmatization.…”

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Frequency of Victimization Experiences and Well-Being Among Online, Offline, and Combined Victims on Social Online Network Sites of German Children and Adolescents

Glüer

Lohaus

2015

Front. Public Health

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Victimization is associated with negative developmental outcomes in childhood and adolescence. However, previous studies have provided mixed results regarding the association between offline and online victimization and indicators of social, psychological, and somatic well-being. In this study, we investigated 1,890 German children and adolescents (grades 5–10, mean age = 13.9; SD = 2.1) with and without offline or online victimization experiences who participated in a social online network (SNS). Online questionnaires were used to assess previous victimization (offline, online, combined, and without), somatic and psychological symptoms, self-esteem, and social self-concept (social competence, resistance to peer influence, esteem by others). In total, 1,362 (72.1%) children and adolescents reported being a member of at least one SNS, and 377 students (28.8%) reported previous victimization. Most children and adolescents had offline victimization experiences (17.5%), whereas 2.7% reported online victimization, and 8.6% reported combined experiences. Girls reported more online and combined victimization, and boys reported more offline victimization. The type of victimization (offline, online, combined) was associated with increased reports of psychological and somatic symptoms, lower self-esteem and esteem by others, and lower resistance to peer influences. The effects were comparable for the groups with offline and online victimization. They were, however, increased in the combined group in comparison to victims with offline experiences alone.

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Optimizing Population Screening of Bullying in School-Aged Children

Cited by 126 publications

References 18 publications

Cyberbullying in Children and Youth: Implications for Health and Clinical Practice

Cyberbullying in Children and Youth: Implications for Health and Clinical Practice

Fast learning for sentiment analysis on bullying

Frequency of Victimization Experiences and Well-Being Among Online, Offline, and Combined Victims on Social Online Network Sites of German Children and Adolescents

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