Department of Psychology, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
Department of Humanities, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 15;20(10):5825. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20105825.
In light of the alarming results emerging from some studies and reports on the significant increase in aggressive online behaviors among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, the current research aimed at providing a more detailed evaluation of the investigations focusing on the cyberbullying prevalence rates published between 2020 and 2023. To this purpose, systematic searches were conducted on four databases (Web of Science, APA PsycInfo, Scopus and Google Scholar), and following PRISMA guidelines, 16 studies were included and qualitatively reviewed. Although studies were characterized by a large variety in cyberbullying operationalization and measurement, and by different methodologies used for data collection, the prevalence rates of the involvement in cyberbullying and/or cybervictimization generally revealed opposite trends: an increase in many Asian countries and Australia and a decrease in Western countries. The findings were also discussed by considering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, some suggestions were provided to policy makers for promoting prevention and intervention anti-cyberbullying programs in school contexts.
鉴于一些关于新冠大流行期间儿童和青少年网络攻击行为显著增加的研究和报告结果令人震惊，本研究旨在更详细地评估 2020 年至 2023 年期间发表的关于网络欺凌流行率的调查。为此，在四个数据库（Web of Science、APA PsycInfo、Scopus 和 Google Scholar）上进行了系统搜索，并按照 PRISMA 指南，纳入并定性回顾了 16 项研究。尽管这些研究在网络欺凌的操作化和测量以及用于数据收集的不同方法学方面存在很大差异，但卷入网络欺凌和/或网络受害的流行率通常呈现出相反的趋势：在许多亚洲国家和澳大利亚有所增加，而在西方国家则有所减少。研究结果还考虑了新冠大流行的影响进行了讨论。最后，为政策制定者提供了一些建议，以促进在学校环境中预防和干预反网络欺凌项目。
