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Shaping Resilience Against Cyberbullying Through Social Skills Training
Shaping Resilience Against Cyberbullying Through Social Skills Training

Author(s): Magdalena Wędzińska
Subject(s): School education, Educational Psychology, Victimology, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: resilience; cyberbullying; social skills training; youth; shaping resilience;

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to present findings on strengthening resilience in the context of cyberbullying through social skills training. The following categories are considered: cyberbullying, resilience, and social skills training. The essay begins by presenting the essence and scale of the cyberbullying phenomenon and the characteristics of resilience as a resource in the event of a cyberbullying threat. Other issues presented in the text are related to preventing cyberbullying and the characteristics of social skills training. The final part of the study is devoted to identifying the areas of social skills that are key to build- ing resilience in the event of being involved in cyberbullying. Based on the analysis of research reports, the key role of self-awareness, working on emotions, empathy and perspective-taking in building re- sistance to cyberbullying and its effects should be indicated. The text also contains suggestions for the key elements of social skills training in educational practice, especially in the context of cyberbullying prevention.

  • Issue Year: 27/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-42
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English
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