TABLE 2—
Cyberbullying Characteristics in a Probability Sample of Middle-School Students: Supplement to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Los Angeles County, CA, 2012
| Victim–Perpetrators (n = 32) |
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| Variable | Perpetrators (n = 50), Unweighted No. (Weighted %) | Victims (n = 60), Unweighted No. (Weighted %) | Victimization, Unweighted No. (Weighted %) | Perpetration, Unweighted No. (Weighted %) |
| Cyberbullying digital medium | ||||
| 28 (27.89) | 36 (60.37) | 22 (70.27) | 24 (73.16) | |
| Myspace | 3 (3.67) | 3 (2.33) | 5 (13.79) | 4 (11.31) |
| 3 (6.52) | 1 (1.72) | 4 (3.40) | 1 (3.87) | |
| Text | 15 (26.76) | 16 (25.71) | 14 (39.85) | 12 (43.33) |
| Instant message | 7 (14.03) | 3 (3.75) | 4 (12.70) | 2 (6.35) |
| Other | 14 (30.95) | 19 (31.51) | 9 (26.61) | 8 (29.02) |
| More than 1 place | 11 (21.73) | 11 (16.19) | 12 (32.86) | 13 (43.78) |
| Relationship between cyberbully and cybervictim | ||||
| Someone I know in real life | 35 (71.75) | 37 (64.54) | 19 (65.65) | 24 (79.42) |
| Someone I know online | 10 (19.80) | 18 (29.38) | 14 (40.40) | 6 (21.88) |
| Someone I don’t know | 11 (21.07) | 10 (20.22) | 8 (22.62) | 8 (20.58) |