TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Cyberbullying and traditional bullying among Nordic adolescents and their impact on life satisfaction JO - Scandinavian journal of public health A1 - Arnarsson, Arsaell A1 - Nygren, Jens A1 - Nyholm, Maria A1 - Torsheim, Torbjorn A1 - Augustine, Lilly A1 - Bjereld, Ylva A1 - Markkanen, Ilona A1 - Schnohr, Christina W. A1 - Rasmussen, Mette A1 - Nielsen, Line A1 - Bendtsen, Pernille SP - 1403494818817411 EP - 1403494818817411 VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - AIMS: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cybervictimization in the six Nordic countries and to assess its overlap with traditional bullying. A further aim was to examine potential associations between life satisfaction, on the one hand, and traditional bullying and cyberbullying on the other.

METHODS: Analyses were based on data from the 2013⁄2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. It included 32,210 boys and girls, aged 11, 13, and 15, living in the six Nordic countries.

RESULTS: The prevalence of cyberbullying by both pictures and by messages was around 2% in all the Nordic countries except Greenland. There it was considerably higher. The prevalence of being bullied in a traditional manner varied widely by country. For boys, this type of bullying was most frequent in the youngest age group and then decreased steadily in the older age groups. Girls were on average more likely to be cyberbullied. Cyberbullying was more common among 13- and 15-year-olds than 11-year-olds. Higher family affluence was unrelated to the risk of cyberbullying. However, it was related to traditional bullying and combined forms of bullying. Compared with intact families, cybervictimization was commoner among single-parent families and stepfamilies. Adjusting for age, gender, family affluence, and family structure, those subjected to cyberbullying had lower life satisfaction than those who were not bullied.

CONCLUSIONS: We found relatively little overlap between cyberbullying and traditional bullying, indicating that the two may be separate phenomena stemming from different mechanisms, at least in the Nordic context.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1403-4948 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494818817411 ID - ref1 ER -