Ebook: Cyberbullying Across the Globe: Gender, Family, and Mental Health

Foreword: An International Perspective on Cyberbullying; Peter K. Smith -- Chapter 1. Cyberbullying: Definitions and Facts from a Psychosocial Perspective; Anastasio Ovejero, Santiago Yubero, Elisa Larrañaga, María de la V Moral -- Part I. Gender, Family, and Psychosocial Issues -- Chapter 2. Gender Issues and Cyberbullying in Children and Adolescents: From Gender Differences to Gender Identity Measures; Raúl Navarro -- Chapter 3. Gender Variables and Cyberbullying in College Students; Elisa Larrañaga, Santiago Yubero, Anastasio Ovejero -- Chapter 4. Gender Differences and Cyberbullying Towards Faculty Members in Higher Education; Wanda Cassidy, Margaret Jackson, and Chantal Faucher -- Chapter 5. Family Relationships and Cyberbullying; Sofia Buelga, Belén Martínez-Ferrer and Gonzalo Musitu -- Part II. Global Research -- Chapter 6. Cyberbullying Matters: Examining the Incremental Impact of Cyberbullying on Outcomes over and above Traditional Bullying in North America; Gary Giumetti and Robin Kowalski -- Chapter 7. Cyberbullying and Education: A Review of Emergent Issues in Latin America Research; Fabiola Cabra Torres and Gloria Marciales -- Chapter 8. Cyberbullying in Eastern Countries: Focusing on South Korea and Other Eastern Cultures; Seung-ha Lee -- Chapter 9. Cyberbullying Research in Belgium: An Overview of Generated Insights and a Critical Assessment of the Medi ation of Technology in a Web 2.0 World; Wannes Heirman, Michel Walrave, Heidi Vandebosch, Denis Wegge, Steven Eggermont, and Sara Pabian -- Chapter 10. Spanish Youth Perceptions about Cyberbullying: Qualitative Research into Understanding Cyberbullying and the Role that Parents Play in its Solution; Raúl Navarro and Cristina Serna -- Part III. Prevention and Intervention -- Chapter 11. Intervention and Prevention Programmes on Cyberbullying: A Review; Conor Mc Guckin and Lucie Corcoran -- Chapter 12. Cyberbullying and Restorative Justice; Susan Hanley Duncan -- Chapter 13. Reading and Texts: Cyberbullying Prevention from Child and Youth Literature; Santiago Yubero, Elisa Larrañaga, Sandra Sánchez, Cristina Cañamares.;This book provides a much-needed analysis of the current research in the global epidemic of electronic bullying. Scholars and professionals from the Americas, Europe, and Asia offer data, insights, and solutions, acknowledging both the social psychology and technological contexts underlying cyberbullying phenomena. Contributors address questions that are just beginning to emerge as well as longstanding issues concerning family and gender dynamics, and provide evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies for school and home. The global nature of the book reflects not only the scope and severity of cyberbullying, but also the tenacity of efforts to control and eradicate the problem. Included in the coverage: • Gender issues and cyberbullying in children and adolescents: from gender differences to gender identity measures. • Family relationships and cyberbullying. • Examining the incremental impact of cyberbullying on outcomes over and above traditional bullying in North America. • A review of cyberbullying and education issues in Latin America. • Cyberbullying prevention from child and youth literature. • Cyberbullying and restorative justice. Cyberbullying across the Globe is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and other professionals in child and school psychology, public health, social work and counseling, educational policy, and family advocacy.