ABSTRACT

In 2010, the International Cyberbullying Think Tank was held in order to discuss questions of definition, measurement, and methodologies related to cyberbullying research. The attendees’ goal was to develop a set of guidelines that current and future researchers could use to improve the quality of their research and advance our understanding of cyberbullying and related issues. This book is the product of their meetings, and is the first volume to provide researchers with a clear set of principles to inform their work on cyberbullying. The contributing authors, all participants in the Think Tank, review the existing research and theoretical frameworks of cyberbullying before exploring topics such as questions of methodology, sampling issues, methods employed so far, psychometric issues that must be considered, ethical considerations, and implications for prevention and intervention efforts. Researchers as well as practitioners seeking information to inform their prevention and intervention programs will find this to be a timely and essential resource.

part |20 pages

Introduction

part |25 pages

Definitional Questions

chapter |3 pages

Why It Matters

chapter |15 pages

Definitions of Bullying and Cyberbullying

How Useful Are the Terms?

chapter |5 pages

Definitions

Another Perspective and a Proposal for Beginning with Cyberaggression

part |39 pages

Theoretical Framework

chapter |18 pages

Potent Ways Forward

New Multidimensional Theoretical Structural Models of Cyberbullying, Cyber Targetization, and Bystander Behaviors and Their Potential Relations to Traditional Bullying Constructs

part |93 pages

Methods

chapter |4 pages

Methodology

Why It Matters

chapter |19 pages

Sampling

chapter |16 pages

Moving beyond Tradition and Convenience

Suggestions for Useful Methods for Cyberbullying Research

chapter |7 pages

Methods

Guiding Principles

chapter |14 pages

Emerging Methodological Strategies to Address Cyberbullying

Online Social Marketing and Young People as Co-Researchers

part |77 pages

Measures

chapter |5 pages

Measurement

Why It Matters

chapter |20 pages

Cybervictimization and Cyberaggression in Eastern and Western Countries

Challenges of Constructing a Cross-Culturally Appropriate Scale

chapter |16 pages

What to Measure?

chapter |20 pages

Qualitative Studies

part |29 pages

Going Forward