Received 01.06.2022
Revised 17.08.2022
Accepted 29.09.2022
Retrieved from Vol. 12, No. 2, 2022
Pages 211 -224
Abstract
The article contains an analysis of the results of a theoretical analysis of the specific of cyberbullying factors in the adolescent environment and its consequences for the psychological well-being of this age representatives. The theoretical framework for understanding the concept of cyberbullying, the combination of the tendency of aggressive behavior and the specifics of the virtual environment in this phenomenon is defined. The results of studies reflecting the connections of cyberbullying with negative phenomena of the emotional sphere, a tendency to suicidal behavior, previous attitudes towards aggression, behavioral disorders and somatic phenomena were analyzed. Patterns of age, gender, and experience of participating in bullying situations as factors of cyberbullying for teenagers have been revealed
Keywords:
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