title: Cyberbullying among students with intellectual and developmental disability in special education settings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the types, prevalence and associated variables of cyberbullying among students with intellectual and developmental disability attending special education settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students (n = 114) with intellectual and developmental disability who were between 12-19 years of age completed a questionnaire containing questions related to bullying and victimization via the internet and cellphones. Other questions concerned sociodemographic characteristics (IQ, age, gender, diagnosis), self-esteem and depressive feelings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 4-9% of students reported bullying or victimization of bullying at least once a week. Significant associations were found between cyberbullying and IQ, frequency of computer usage and self-esteem and depressive feelings. No associations were found between cyberbullying and age and gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cyberbullying is prevalent among students with intellectual and developmental disability in special education settings. Programmes should be developed to deal with this issue in which students, teachers and parents work together.
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. r.didden@pwo.ru.nl
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Didden
authors.forename: Ron H J
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Scholte
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korzilius
authors.forename: Jan M H
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Moor
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Giulio E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lancioni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D040421:Cell Phone; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult