Cyber victimization in adolescence: A qualitative study

Yurdakul Y., Bütün Ayhan A.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW, cilt.128, sa.2021, ss.1-8, 2021 (SSCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 128 Sayı: 2021
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106139
  • Dergi Adı: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-8
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study is to examine the individual experiences and opinions of adolescent cyberbullying victims on cyber victimization. A case study pattern, one of the qualitative research methods, has been used in the research. The working group of the research comprised 17 adolescents studying at a high school in the city of Antalya in Turkey who had been exposed to cyberbullying. In the study, a cyber victimization scale has been used to identify adolescents who were exposed to cyberbullying. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted by determining the adolescents who had high scores and were therefore exposed to cyberbullying. The inductive content analysis method was used in the analysis of the data obtained from the interviews. As a result of the research, it has been found that the adolescents who had been exposed to cyberbullying described the practice as annoying and bad behavior, the type of cyber victimization that they had experienced was being called from a secret number, they knew who the perpetrator was, they felt high levels of fear and anger when they were exposed to cyberbullying and they shared this with their friends. According to the results of the study, various recommendations are provided for educators, researchers, and families.