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36 - Cyberbullying in Twenty-First-Century Schools

from Part IV - Effects in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Izabela Zych ,
Rosario Del Rey  and
Rosario Ortega-Ruiz
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 Introduction

2 History of Research on Cyberbullying

3 Risk and Protective Factors for Cyberbullying

4 Consequences of Cyberbullying

5 Effective Interventions against Cyberbullying

6 Conclusions

7 Future Directions

Keywords

cyberbullyingprominent researchersrisk factorsprotective factorsconsequenceseffective interventions history of the fieldcyberspaceviolencenarrative review
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 1085 - 1106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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