Cyberbullying in First-Year University Students and Its Influence on Their Intentions to Drop Out

Autor/inn/en	Bernardo, Ana B.; Galve-González, Celia; Cervero, Antonio; Tuero, Ellián
Titel	Cyberbullying in First-Year University Students and Its Influence on Their Intentions to Drop Out
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 42 (2023) 2, S.275-289 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2022.2057447
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Computer Mediated Communication; College Freshmen; Intention; Dropouts; Foreign Countries; Dropout Characteristics; Victims; Social Integration; Academic Persistence; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Computerkonferenz; Studienanfänger; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ausland; Victim; Opfer; Soziale Integration; Spanien
Abstract	University dropout is a phenomenon of growing interest in the knowledge society. However, it is a complex phenomenon in which a variety of academic and social variables interact with each other. Cyberbullying is also something that has been the subject of increased research recently, and although it has most often been studied in primary and secondary education, it cannot be discounted from higher education. Because of that, the objective of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between intentions to complete higher education or not and having been the victim of cyberbullying. We used a sample of 1653 students at a university in Spain who were asked to respond to an adaptation of the University Violence Questionnaire (UVC), analysing the data collected via descriptive statistics and the decision tree test. The results indicated that there was a relationship between having been the victim of cyberbullying and the intention to drop out of a university course, especially when the bullying behavior was social exclusion, impersonation, or spreading sexual images without consent. This study aimed to enhance understanding of university dropout, looking at how being the victim of cyberbullying interacted with the likelihood of students finishing their courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01