%0 Journal Article
%T Did they deserve it? Adolescents' perception of online harassment in a real-case scenario
%J International journal of environmental research and public health
%D 2022
%A Cricenti, Clarissa
%A Pizzo, Alessandra
%A Quaglieri, Alessandro
%A Mari, Emanuela
%A Cordellieri, Pierluigi
%A Bonucchi, Cristina
%A Torretta, Patrizia
%A Giannini, Anna Maria
%A Lausi, Giulia
%V 19
%N 24
%P e17040-e17040
%X Online harassment, particularly cyberbullying and the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, is a widespread phenomenon among adolescents and young adults. Descriptive research was carried out to investigate any differences among Italian school classes in the perception of cybercrime through a real-case scenario. Following the Italian school system, the final sample of 1777 adolescents (Mage = 15.37, SD = 1.65; Male = 52%) was divided into three groups based on the school class attended: middle school (N = 562; Mage = 13.37, SD = 0.48); high school biennium (N = 728; Mage = 15.55, SD = 0.50), and triennium (N = 487, Mage = 17.40, SD = 0.71). Participants completed a self-report questionnaire investigating the use of the Internet and the perception of a real case scenario involving the non-consensual sharing of intimate images and cyberbullying received by the National Centre for Combating Child Pornography Online (NCPO). <br><br>RESULTS showed differences among the three groups' perceptions of the event's features, motivations underlying the offense, victim-blaming and harassment justification (e.g., cyberbullying, in particular non-consensual sharing of intimate images, is recognized as a crime as age increases). The findings provide significant insights for future research and age-specific factors to consider when developing prevention programs for online risks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
%@ 1661-7827
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417040