ABSTRACT
Despite the mounting volume of research in the area of traditional forms of bullying (i.e., verbal, physical, relational) that are transmitted face to face, cyberbullying research is only recently beginning to burgeon. To date, the cyberbullying literature has included studies examining the prevalence of cyberbullying among youth, how these prevalence estimates differ across demographic factors (e.g., sex, race), investigating the overlap between face-to-face bullying and cyberbullying, and identifying predictors of cyberbullying involvement. However, discussions of explanatory theories of cyberbullying involvement among youth are sparse and piecemeal, and conclusions have been based largely on cross-sectional studies.
