Why don’t victims report Cyber bullying?

Why don’t victims report Cyber bullying?

For those participants who state they would not confide cyberbullying

problems to school personnel, the most prevalent reasons for

not doing so are as follows:

• fear of retribution from the cyber-bully (30 percent);

• it is the student’s problem and not the school’s mandate (29 percent);

• the school staff could not stop the bullying anyway (27 percent);

• they could get their friends in trouble (26 percent);

• their parents would restrict their access to the Internet (24 percent),

and

• other students would label them as ‘informers’ or ‘rats’ (20 percent). (Cassidy, W., Jackson, M., & Brown, K., 2009).

references

CASSIDY, W., JACKSON, M., & BROWN, K. (2009). Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones, But How Can Pixels Hurt Me?: Students' Experiences with Cyber-Bullying. School Psychology International, 30(4), 383-402. doi:10.1177/0143034309106948.