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Young ambassadors keep researchers on their toes

Flat out trying hard to keep up with the ever-changing threats from cyberbullying, The Kids Research Institute Australia counts itself fortunate to have youth on its side.

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Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is a form of online harassment, where the bullying is carried out through the use of modern technology.

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“Arguments online, but in school we always act normal”: The embeddedness of early adolescent negative peer interactions within the whole of their offline and online peer interactions

Our aim was to study was to investigate how negative peer interactions on/offline are associated with each and with other daily interactions among adolescents.

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Cyber-Friendly Schools

This chapter describes a whole-school cyberbullying intervention developed and evaluated in Western Australia with secondary school students aged 13–18 years old

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Adolescent bystanders' perspectives of aggression in the online versus school environments

Researchers' understanding of bystanders' perspectives in the cyber-environment fails to take young people's perceptions into account and remains imperfect.

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Cyberbullying and the role of the law in Australian schools: Views of senior officials

Opinions of employees from the education and legal systems, regarding their perceptions of the role of the law and cyberbullying in Australian schools

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A social-ecological framework for understanding and reducing cyberbullying behaviours

While the CFS findings suggest the combined whole-school response to the mediators was somewhat effective, the study wasn't able to determine the relative...

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A longitudinal study of the social and emotional predictors and consequences of cyber and traditional bullying victimisation

Few longitudinal studies have investigated how cyberbullying interacts with traditional bullying among young people, who are increasingly using online...

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Evaluating the capacity of Australian school staff to recognise and respond to cyberbullying behaviours

To prevent and manage students' cyberbullying, school staff must be aware of this behavior, be able to recognize it, and respond appropriately and skilfully.