Share Paper: Normative Beliefs About Cyberaggression in Israeli Youth

  1. Yehuda Peled, Western Galilee College, Israel
  2. Efrat Pieterse, The Open University of Israel, Israel
  3. Mandy B. Medvin, Westminster College, United States
  4. Linda P. Domanski, Westminster College, United States
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Abstract: We examined student views about cyberaggression among Israeli 5th-10th grades using a self-report, cross-sectional design. Results from 823 Jewish-Israeli and Arab-Israeli youth were analyzed on measures of normative beliefs about cyberaggression, face-to-face aggression, strategy responses to hypothetical cyber scenarios, and amount of electronic usage. Findings indicated that normative beliefs about cyberaggression were associated with traditional aggression, increased with grade, that males had higher normative beliefs than females, and that gender differences in cyberstrategies were supported. Normative beliefs predicted direct cyberaggressive strategies more clearly than indirect strategies, regardless of degree of electronic usage. Findings suggest that such views can influence student ...