Abstract

SOUZA, Sidclay B. et al. Meanings, Experiences, and Repercussions of Cyberbullying: What Brazilian and Angolan Adolescents Say. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2022, vol.40, n.3, 5.  Epub July 04, 2023. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.11433.

Cyberbullying is a phenomenon present across the globe, with incalculable consequences for the lives of those involved. Considering that intercultural cyberbullying studies conducted in Portuguese-speaking countries are limited to investigations involving participants from Brazil and Portugal, the need to expand this knowledge and investigate the perspectives of adolescents in other contexts is evident. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the meanings, experiences, and repercussions of cyberbullying in a group of adolescents from Brazil and Angola. A total of 50 adolescents participated in the study, 23 Brazilians and 27 Angolans, aged 11 to 17 years (M = 13.58 years; SD = 1.56), mostly female (Brazil = 52.2 %; Angola = 55.6 %), from the sixth to the twelfth grade. For data collection, we used semi-structured individual interviews and content analysis through a mixed approach (deductive and inductive categorizations) was performed to analyze the data. Results revealed that, although there are divergences and similarities regarding the perspectives studied, adolescents from both contexts attribute meanings to cyberbullying that refer to behavioral and causal perspectives of the phenomenon. Moreover, Brazilians presented higher percentages in terms of experiences. Additionally, participants from both contexts considered that the consequences of cyberbullying are more present in the lives of the victims (school, social, psychological-emotional, and psychiatric spheres). Results are discussed, shedding light on the path still to be traveled regarding this current topic and opening perspectives for new questions.

Keywords : Cyberbullying; meaning; experiences; repercussions; adolescents.

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