Cyberbullying causes more depression in children and adolescents face to face attack. Bullying and harassment is a major risk to the psychological health of children and adolescents. This is a situation of ongoing violence, physical or psychological, conducted by a school or school group against another student who can not defend. It is a form of abuse, according to some studies, affects about one in four schools in Spain.
The main stage has its bullying in schools. This physical or psychological place in the halls of schools, playgrounds, out of the class. But experts warn that increased incidence of “cyberbullying”. Cyberbullying is any form of aggression that generates repeated and intentional abuse of power through new technologies such as email, chat, mobile social networking, among others.
The study “Youth and Violence”, the Pfizer Foundation, 11.6% of adolescents between 12 and 18 have suffered emotional abuse by the Internet and 8.1% suffered by the phone. Due to the increase in these cases, the National Institute of Communication Technologies (INTECO) issued “Guidelines on cyberbullying and grooming Legal” (harassment by an adult), which offers advice to parents. The multidisciplinary research on cyberbullying (EMIC) Laboratory studies on the coexistence and violence prevention (LAECOVI) also developed a protocol for parents and teachers know how to act in these cases.
E-mail to video defamatory
Talk about what children are looking for and do on the Internet should be part of family conversations
Forms of cyberbullying are as varied as the possibilities of new technologies. “Often he repeats the formula that is face to face: bullies insult to the victim via email, as done in person,” said Mora-Merchán. Other forms of attack are to make video montages that defames the victim, create web pages that the rate their peers “beast” to let them steal your identity somehow look bad or make threatening calls to a mobile phone.
The psychological consequences of cyberbullying
The psychological effects are the same as aggression “traditional” social isolation, depression, low self-esteem, decreased psychological well-being, decreased academic performance, rejection of school life. According to a study conducted by the National Institutes of Health USA and published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, when the seat was suffering through new technologies, the risk of depression is higher. As noted by Ronald J. Iannotti, one of the leaders of this investigation, “the victims are more likely to feel isolated, helpless and dehumanized at the time of the attack. ”