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Cyberbullying in Internet-Chatrooms – Wer sind die Täter?

Ein Vergleich von Bullying in Internet-Chatrooms mit Bullying in der Schule aus der Täterperspektive

Published Online:February 12, 2009https://doi.org/10.1026/0049-8637.41.1.33

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. Das Phänomen des Bullying ist nicht mehr auf das schulische Umfeld begrenzt. Formen verbaler Gewalt und sozialer Manipulation spielen auch in Internet-Chatrooms eine bedeutende Rolle. Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war ein Vergleich der Phänomene Schulbullying und Chatbullying. 1.700 Schüler verschiedener weiterführender Schulen aus Nordrhein-Westfalen nahmen an einer quantitativen Befragung teil. Erfasst wurden neben aktivem Bullying in Internet-Chatrooms und in der Schule auch Aspekte des Selbstkonzepts, des Familien- und Erziehungsklimas, der Schulsituation sowie Delinquenz, Gewalteinstellung und dissoziales Verhalten im Internet. Die Studie zeigt einen starken Zusammenhang zwischen der Täterschaft in der Schule und der Täterschaft in Internet-Chatrooms: Schulbullies sind signifikant häufiger als andere Jugendliche auch Chatbullies. Außerdem lassen sich Schulbullying und Chatbullying überwiegend durch die gleichen Prädiktoren vorhersagen.


Internet-chatrooms: A new playground for bullies. A comparison of bullying behavior in school and in chatrooms from the perpetrators’ perspective

Abstract. Bullying is not a specific phenomenon of the school environment. Different forms of verbal victimisation and social manipulation are also common behaviors in internet chatrooms. The present study compares traditional bullying with chatroom bullying. A total of 1,700 pupils of different secondary schools (aged 10 to 19) participated and were asked about their own aggressive behavior in school and in internet chatrooms. Variables like self-confidence, child-parent-relationship, school situation, delinquency, dissocial behavior on the internet, and attitudes to aggression were also examined. The results show that bullies in school are also significantly more often bullies in chatrooms than others. Furthermore, bullying behavior in school and in chatrooms is determined by similar predictors.

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