Cyberbullying and the Bystander - Bullying - Australian Human ...

Question Response n %If one of your friendsthought you wereawesome, whatwould they say aboutyou?Your awesome 18 38You are really nice 2 4Compliments 2 4I am hilarious 2 4Perceptions of student behaviourNext, students were asked to complete a sentence beginning with “Bullies are…” (Table 16). The two mostcommon responses were, “Bullies are insecure about themselves” (n=9, 19%) and “Bullies are mean”(n=9, 19%).Table 16. Finish this sentence: "bullies are…”Question Response n %Finish this sentence:"bullies are ...”Insecure about themselves 9 19Mean 9 19Selfish 3 6Bad 2 4When asked what might prevent someone from taking action as a cyberbullying bystander (Table 17),students reported they might be worried about getting bullied themselves (n=5, 10%), or scared of beingbullied themselves (n=4, 8%).Table 17. Students‟ perceptions of what might prevent someone from acting as a bystanderto cyberbullying and what might motivate someone to act as a bystander to cyberbullyingQuestion Response n %What might preventsomeone from actingas a bystander tocyberbullying?What might motivatesomeone to act as abystander tocyberbullying?Worried of getting bulliedthemselvesScared of being bulliedthemselves5 104 8Peer pressure 3 6If it is a good friend 3 6Fear 3 6Self confidence 2 4Bullying 2 4Severe bullying 2 4Wanting to fit in with the bullyand their friends2 4Page 28 of 197