Citation

Jackson EF, Bussey K, Trompeter N. J. School Violence 2020; 19(4): 623-635.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15388220.2020.1808790

PMID

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Abstract

The present study used a unique measure of self-perceived gender typicality to better examine the association of gender with cyber victimization and perpetration. Participants were 297 adolescent males and females recruited from independent schools in grade 8 (Mage = 13.8) and grade 10 (Mage = 15.8) who completed a self-report survey. Multiple regression analyses revealed that only for males, high other-gender typicality and low same-gender typicality were associated with high cyber victimization, but when same-gender typicality was high there was no association. Independent associations of same- and other-gender typicality with cyber perpetration were present only for males.

FINDINGS highlight that the importance of considering same- and other-gender typicality for adolescent boys' engagement in cyberbullying.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescence; cyberbullying; Gender differences; gender typicality; perpetrators; victimization