Login (DCU Staff Only)
Login (DCU Staff Only)

DORAS | DCU Research Repository

Explore open access research and scholarly works from DCU

Advanced Search

Scoping bullying and cyberbullying victimisation among a sample of gifted adolescents in Ireland

Laffan, Derek orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5780-1840, Slonje, Robert, Ledwith, Catriona, O'Reilly, Colm and Mairéad, Foody orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0026-0294 (2022) Scoping bullying and cyberbullying victimisation among a sample of gifted adolescents in Ireland. International Journal of Bullying Prevention . ISSN 2523-3653

Abstract
Research has indicated that gifted adolescents experience an increased amount of bullying and cyberbullying compared to their non-gifted peers. However, there has not been a sufficient attempt to investigate the extent of bullying and cyberbullying victimisation among gifted adolescent populations in Ireland. A total of 195 gifted adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 years completed a comprehensive online survey assessing the bullying and cyberbullying prevalence, wellbeing, indicative mental health, and friendship quality outcomes. The results showed considerably higher prevalence rates of bullying and cyberbullying victimisation among gifted adolescents compared to an all-Ireland national prevalence rate. Bullying and cyberbullying victimisation was associated with higher levels of negative outcomes. Females, LGBTI +, and twiceexceptional participants scored signifcantly lower on satisfaction with life and signifcantly higher on negative outcomes compared to other gifted participants. The results are discussed alongside recommendations for anti-bullying policies and teacher education provisions
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Gifted; Prevalence; Bullying; Cyberbullying; Adolescents
Subjects:Medical Sciences > Psychology
Social Sciences > Social psychology
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Institutes and Centres > Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC)
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-022-00134-w
Copyright Information:© 2022 The Authors
Funders:Open Access funding provided by the IReL Consortium.
ID Code:29456
Deposited On:17 Jan 2024 12:29 by Dylan Pidgeon . Last Modified 07 Mar 2024 15:00
Documents

Full text available as:

[thumbnail of s42380-022-00134-w.pdf]
Preview
PDF - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
931kB
Metrics

Altmetric Badge

Dimensions Badge

Downloads

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Archive Staff Only: edit this record