Family-related sociodemographic factors and cyberbullying perpetration in Primary Education in Spain
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Cyberbullying is an aggressive and intentional act by one or more aggressors against a victim, using technology. The prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration in Primary Education in Spain is between 1.3% and 13.3%, although it has increased due to the lockdown derived from COVID-19. Cybervictimization in Secondary Education and dynamic family variables have been more studied in comparison with cyberperpetration in Primary Education and sociodemographic family variables, respectively. For this reason, the objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between family sociodemographic variables (age, gender, educational level, immigration background, family structure, and degree of rurality of the municipality of family residence) and Primary Education cyberperpetration. A total of 1169 families of Primary Education (Year 5 and 6) were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire (α = .84). Data analysis was performed through binary logistic regression using the statistical software R, version 4.1.0. The multivariate model was implemented by a stepwise procedure until the best predictive model was obtained in terms of the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC). Immigration background, parents’ educational level, and family structure have a significant joint influence on cyberperpetration by Primary Education students. It is concluded that family-related sociodemographic variables predict the fact that students are cyberbullying aggressors. A cyberbullying prevention program following whole policy models is proposed.
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