Background

Although cyber victimization (CV) occurs in both middle school (MS) and high school (HS)—and these experiences appear to differ between boys and girls—to our knowledge, no studies have directly examined these differences across specific acts of CV. Further, limited research has examined school environment factors, such as school safety and attachment, as they relate to CV.

Objectives

The current study compared CV experiences reported by boys and girls in both MS and HS as well as examined CV’s association with perceived school safety and school attachment.

Method

Participants were 286 MS and 304 HS students (52% boys) from a small, rural Midwestern community in the United States. Self-reported measures were collected.

Results

HS girls reported experiencing more CV than MS girls on 5 of the 6 CV acts examined. Additionally, HS girls reported experiencing more CV on 3 of the acts compared to MS boys. In general, HS boys and HS girls report similar rates of CV, with the exception of HS girls experiencing higher levels of “people saying mean and nasty things about them.” Regression analyses indicated that youth who report higher CV feel less connected to school, but their CV experiences do not appear to be related their perceived school safety when also considering traditional forms of victimization.

Conclusions

CV experiences are higher for HS girls for the majority of different types of CV acts compared to MS youth but similar to HS boys, and experiencing these acts is associated with less school connectedness.

中文翻译：

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中学生网络受害经历不同

背景

尽管网络受害 (CV) 发生在中学 (MS) 和高中 (HS) - 而且这些经历似乎在男孩和女孩之间有所不同 - 据我们所知，没有研究直接检查过特定 CV 行为的这些差异。此外，有限的研究检查了学校环境因素，例如学校安全和依恋，因为它们与简历有关。

目标

目前的研究比较了 MS 和 HS 中男孩和女孩报告的 CV 经历，并检查了 CV 与感知学校安全和学校依恋的关系。

方法

参与者是来自美国中西部一个小型农村社区的 286 名 MS 和 304 名 HS 学生（52% 男孩）。收集了自我报告的措施。

结果

在所检查的 6 项 CV 行为中，有 5 项 HS 女孩报告说比 MS 女孩经历更多的 CV。此外，与 MS 男孩相比，HS 女孩报告说在其中 3 项行为中的 CV 更多。一般来说，HS 男孩和 HS 女孩报告的 CV 率相似，除了 HS 女孩经历更高水平的“人们对他们说刻薄和讨厌的事情”。回归分析表明，报告较高 CV 的青少年感觉与学校的联系较少，但在考虑传统形式的受害时，他们的 CV 经历似乎与他们感知的学校安全无关。

结论

与 MS 青年相比，HS 女孩在大多数不同类型的 CV 行为中的 CV 体验更高，但与 HS 男孩相似，并且经历这些行为与学校联系较少有关。