Psychológia a patopsychológia dieťaťa, 56, 2022, č. 1, s. 52–68

BULLYING AND CYBERBULLYING AMONG SLOVAK ADOLESCENTS

The study examines bullying and cyberbullying among older school-age children – pupils of the 9th grade of primary schools and 1st – 4th grades of secondary schools of all types (four-year grammar schools; eight-year grammar schools; secondary vocational schools with and without school-leaving exam). Relationships with gender, school year, as well as parental and peer support were also examined. The study used data from the ESPAD 2019 project, the research sample consisted of 9338 adolescents. The authors present the results of an analysis of the prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying. Although statistically significant, the relationships between examined variables showed small substantive significance. In terms of differences between groups, boys are more affected by video shaming on the Internet, girls are more bullied on social networks; however, the differences are small in substantive significance. There were no differences between older and younger students.