ABSTRACT

The nascent concept of cyberbullying has attracted researchers to study online victimization by employing a variety of criminological theories. The issues of how traditional aspects of victimization constructed in the physical environment could be applied to virtual settings and the extent to which people experience cyberbullying victimization along with their victim characteristics are still underexplored. Utilizing data from the Canadian General Social Survey and a framework of routine activities, the findings of the current study indicate that target suitability and offline guardianship derived from routine activity theory are influential attributes of cyberbullying victimization. Those who have unhealthy socio- and psycho-behavioral issues also have a higher risk of being cyberbullied. Moreover, individuals who bond with people providing guardianship have a weak association with cyberbullying victimization. Results of this study also show that the propositions derived from collective efficacy perspective could be considered as a proxy safeguard against cyberbullying victimization.

摘要

网络欺凌的新生概念吸引了研究人员通过运用各种犯罪学理论来研究在线受害者。在物理环境中构建的受害传统方面如何应用于虚拟环境以及人们遭受网络欺凌的受害程度以及受害人特征的问题仍未得到充分研究。利用加拿大一般社会调查的数据和例行活动的框架，当前研究的结果表明，源于例行活动理论的目标适合性和离线监护是网络欺凌受害者的重要影响因素。那些有不健康的社会和心理行为问题的人，也更有被网络欺凌的风险。而且，与提供监护权的人建立联系的个人与网络欺凌受害者之间的联系较弱。这项研究的结果还表明，从集体效力的角度出发提出的主张可以被认为是防范网络欺凌行为的代名词。