Over and above Gender Differences in Cyberbullying: Relationship of Gender Typicality to Cyber Victimization and Perpetration in Adolescents

• Published in: Journal of school violence Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 623 - 635
• Main Authors: Jackson, Emma F., Bussey, Kay, Trompeter, Nora
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 01-10-2020; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: adolescence; Adolescent boys; Adolescents; Bullying; Computer Mediated Communication; Correlation; Cyberbullying; Foreign Countries; Gender; Gender bias; Gender Differences; Gender relations; gender typicality; Grade 10; Grade 8; Males; Masculinity; Perpetrators; Primary secondary education; Private Schools; Secondary School Students; Self Concept; Sexual Identity; Surveys; Teenagers; Victimisation; Victimization; Victims; Australia
• ISSN: 1538-8220; 1538-8239
• DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2020.1808790

The present study used a unique measure of self-perceived gender typicality to better examine the association of gender with cyber victimization and perpetration. Participants were 297 adolescent males and females recruited from independent schools in grade 8 (M
age
 = 13.8) and grade 10 (M
age
 = 15.8) who completed a self-report survey. Multiple regression analyses revealed that only for males, high other-gender typicality and low same-gender typicality were associated with high cyber victimization, but when same-gender typicality was high there was no association. Independent associations of same- and other-gender typicality with cyber perpetration were present only for males. Findings highlight that the importance of considering same- and other-gender typicality for adolescent boys' engagement in cyberbullying.