Affiliation:
1. Department of Educational Psychology and Psychobiology International University of La Rioja Logroño Spain
2. Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactic University of Alicante Alicante Spain
3. Department of Economics and Business International University of La Rioja Logroño Spain
Abstract
AbstractIn recent years, the scientific community has taken an interest in cyberbullying research due to the emotional and educational impact on all those involved. However, the scant evidence on samples from primary education is derived from statistical methodologies focusing on the individual, which generate specific profiles rather than acting roles. The present study focuses on the profiles of cyberbullying and its variability with the levels of self‐concept and academic goals, using a sample of 548 Spanish primary education students aged 10–13 (M = 10.95, SD = 0.7). After analysing the data using Latent Class Analysis and MANOVA, the profiles developed were ‘not‐involved’ (38.82%), ‘moderate victimization’ (37.17%), ‘high bully‐victimization’ (19.29%) and ‘low victimization’ (4.7%). In addition, the group of students with the not‐involved profile scored higher on the self‐concept of their relationship with their parents, in language, in mathematics and their general self‐concept than the group with moderate victimization. The same pattern was also observed for learning goals. The findings have significant implications for the creation of person‐centred cyberbullying prevention programmes that permit a more targeted approach to cyberbullying behaviours in order to halt its progress.
Subject
Sociology and Political Science,Health (social science)