TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Cyberbullying among Greek high school adolescents
JO  - Indian journal of pediatrics
A1  - Gkiomisi, Athanasia
A1  - Gkrizioti, Maria
A1  - Gkiomisi, Athina
A1  - Anastasilakis, Dimitrios A.
A1  - Kardaras, Panagiotis
SP  - 364
EP  - 368
VL  - 84
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the presence of cyberbullying among Greek students and the efficacy of proposed preventive interventions. <br><br>METHODS: Three types of high schools (private, experimental and public) with different politics on on-line aggression were enrolled. All students of the aforementioned schools were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS: Around 62 % of the high school students experienced cyberbullying by electronic means, especially by cell phone, mostly the public school students (p 0.008). The bully was a stranger in more than 40 % of the cases. Over 60 % of the victims had not seeked help but dealt with the attack on their own. Only 20 % of the victims manifested sleep or eating disorders, physical/ psychological symptoms or changes in their social life as a consequence of the cyber-attack. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Cyberbullying is a usual phenomenon among high school students. The bully is frequently unacquainted to the victim. Most of the victims are not physically or psychologically affected by the cyber-attack and do not share the event with anyone. There was a slight difference in the response of the students to cyberbullying among the different school politics of on-line aggression.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-5456
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2256-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -