RISK ASPECTS OF ONLINE ACTIVITIES IN VICTIMS OF CYBERBULLYING
RISK ASPECTS OF ONLINE ACTIVITIES IN VICTIMS OF CYBERBULLYING

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the risks of online activity within the social network sites used by primaryand secondary school pupils, with regard to bullying in cyberspace. Questionnaires were usedto collect the empirical data. In the first scale, an exploratory factor analysis related to the onlineactivity of pupils was used. It indicated four factors, namely: passive use of social networkingsites, active communication on social networking sites, access to high-risk media content, andsearching for self-development media content. In the second scale that focused on the forms ofcyberbullying, two factors were indicated, namely: bullying through online communication andbullying through visual aggression. The study identified 189 respondents out of 931 pupils fromthe research sample who had been repeatedly cyberbullied. The research was conducted withpupils of secondary schools and high schools in the Slovak Republic. A relationship between thefrequency types of social networking sites’ usage and the extent of bullying in cyberspace wasobserved. The research confirmed the existence of a direct dependence between the frequencyof active communication on social networking sites and the extent of bullying through onlinecommunication. No statistically significant connection was confirmed between the other factors.

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