title: Has cyber technology produced a new group of peer aggressors?
abstract: Cyber technology provides a new venue for the expression of aggression. However, whether cyber technology has produced a new group of peer aggressors or simply allowed aggressive peers new tools to victimize others is unclear. This study sampled 1,672 adolescents to assess their engagement in cyber aggression. Although "cyber," "overt," and "relational" represent distinct subtypes of aggressive behavior, our results indicate that adolescents' behaviors clustered according to their frequency-not type-of aggression. Thus cyber technology provides new tools for youth who already engage in aggressive behaviors in the physical world to victimize peers in cyberspace.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77019, USA. agdempsey@uh.edu
authors.forename: Allison G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sulkowski
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Storch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires