Assessing the Risk Factors of Cyber and Mobile Phone Bullying Victimization in a Nationally Representative Sample of Singapore Youth
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-16-2014
Publication Title
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
DOI
10.1177/0306624X14554852
ISSN
1552-6933
Abstract
This study utilized routine activity theory to examine the relationships between online behaviors, target suitability, and cyber and mobile phone–based bullying victimization in a nationally representative sample of youth from nine schools across Singapore. Key measures in all three categories—access to technology, online routine behaviors, and target suitability—were significant predictors of both forms of bullying victimization. In particular, females and victims of physical bullying were more likely to experience both forms of victimization. Access to technology and online routine behaviors predicted cyber and mobile phone–based bullying victimization differently. These findings demonstrate that routine activity theory is a viable framework to understand online bullying in non-Western nations, consistent with the existing literature on Western nations.
Recommended Citation
Holt, Thomas J., Sarah Fitzgerald, Adam Bossler, Grace Chee, Esther Ng.
2014.
"Assessing the Risk Factors of Cyber and Mobile Phone Bullying Victimization in a Nationally Representative Sample of Singapore Youth."
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 60 (5): 598-615 Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
doi: 10.1177/0306624X14554852
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/crimjust-criminology-facpubs/74
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