Psychosocial profile of perpetrators adolescents through mobile phone and internet

Abstract

This study’s main objective is to analyze the psychosocial profile of adolescent perpetrators of cyberbullying, taking into account the following indicators of psychosocial adjustment: satisfaction with life, non-conformist reputation and antisocial behavior inside and outside the school context. The sample consisted of 896 Spanish students (49.7% boys and 50.3% girls), aged between 11 and 19 years (M = 13.9, ST = 1.5). There are significant differences between the cyberbullies groups and non-perpetrators adolescents; the severe cyberbullies, followed by occasional cyberbullies, show the most controversial psychosocial adjustment in all the variables analyzed, and teens -perpetrators adolescents show more tailored psychosocial adjustment. These results provide relevant information on the importance of psychosocial adjustment in the prevention and intervention of cyberbullying.

Keywords

• adolescencia
• cyberbullying
• agresores
• ajuste psicosocial