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Investigating the antecedents of cyberbullying

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cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtualsource.department 5e8254a5-d43b-4c6e-bf46-1a060b0fa341
dc.contributor.author Hanif Suhairi Abu Bakar
dc.contributor.author Norhafezah Yusof
dc.contributor.author Adrian M. Budiman
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-04T03:44:10Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-04T03:44:10Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.description.abstract This research attempted to fill the knowledge gap in cyberbullying by revealing one of the five main themes of cyberbullying that is the antecedents that contribute to the working hypothesis or paradigm model of the phenomenon. The actual research reveals the antecedents and the contexts and prevailing conditions that influence it, as well as the phenomenon, the coping strategies and the consequences resulting from the coping strategies. Using a grounded theory methodology, in-depth interviews were conducted on adolescents aged between 12 to 18 years from different schools in the state of Perlis. The data were analyzed using NVivo 10 by methodically coding and categorizing the data in open, axial and selective coding to arrive at a model development. A paradigm model was obtained based on these themes and subthemes which uniquely contribute to the body of knowledge on cyberbullying phenomenon in Malaysia. The involved elements derived from the model are; the antecedents of cyberbullying; the phenomenon; the coping strategies by informants and the consequences resulting from these strategies. The significance of this study lies in its attempt to provide a working framework for reducing adolescents’ technology abuse that will eventually lead to cyberbullying and to find solutions for adolescents to tackle cyberbullying problems if it ever happened. This study is hoped to benefit all the parties: adolescents, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to minimize adolescents’ cyberbullying phenomenon.
dc.identifier.doi https://johdec.unimap.edu.my/images/PDF/JOHDEC%20VOL%202%202013/Vol_2_2013_2_15-44.pdf
dc.identifier.uri https://johdec.unimap.edu.my/
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/2018
dc.language.iso en
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Human Development and Communication (JoHDeC)
dc.subject Cyberbullying
dc.subject Antecedents
dc.subject Grounded theory
dc.title Investigating the antecedents of cyberbullying
dc.type Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
dspace.entity.type Publication
oaire.citation.endPage 44
oaire.citation.startPage 15
oaire.citation.volume 2
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Utara Malaysia
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Utara Malaysia
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