Violent online games exposure and cyberbullying/victimization among adolescents
| Autor: | Zao-Huo Cheng, XinMin Liu, Lawrence T. Lam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Random cluster Social Psychology Adolescent Cross-sectional study Population education Poison control Violence Computer security computer.software_genre Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Risk Factors Injury prevention Humans Psychology health care economics and organizations Applied Psychology Crime Victims education.field_of_study Communication Human factors and ergonomics Bullying General Medicine social sciences Computer Science Applications Human-Computer Interaction Clinical Psychology Logistic Models Cross-Sectional Studies Video Games Female human activities computer Clinical psychology |
| Popis: | This population-based cross-sectional survey examined the association between exposure to violent online games and cyberbullying and victimization in adolescents recruited from two large cities utilizing a stratified two-stage random cluster sampling technique. Cyberbullying and victimization were assessed by the E-victimization and E-bullying scales validated in a previous study. Exposure to violent online games was measured by self-nomination of the degree of violent content in the games played. Results indicated that the majority (74.3 percent) of respondents did not experience any cyberbullying or victimization in the last 7 days before the survey, 14.4 percent reported to be victimized via cyberspace, 2.9 percent admitted that they had bullied others, and 8.4 percent reported to be both perpetrators- and- victims. One hundred and eighty seven (15.3 percent) considered games they were playing were of moderate to severe violence. Students who had been involved in cyberbullying as well as being victimized were two times as likely to have been exposed to violent online games, and nearly four times as likely for those involved in bullying others. Exposure to violent online games was associated with being a perpetrator as well as a perpetrator-and-victim of cyberbullying. Parents and clinicians need to be aware of the potential harm of these exposures. The policy implications of results were also discussed. © Copyright 2013, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2013. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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