Table 2.
Percentage Endorsing Experiencing Electronic Aggression Item at Least Once in Past Year.
Victimization |
Perpetration |
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---|---|---|---|---|
Item | Friend | Boyfriend/Girlfriend | Friend | Boyfriend/Girlfriend |
Bullied through text messaging | 26.7 | 21.4 | 17.3 | 21.7 |
Wrote something mean or hurtful on a website or through a chatroom/“bashboard” | 15.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 6.2 |
Put a picture on website that did not want there | 47.3 | 8.0 | 23.1 | 9.7 |
Took phone picture to embarrass | 32.7 | 14.6 | 29.2 | 14.2 |
Sent a mean or hurtful e-mail | 18.6 | 14.6 | 10.2 | 14.2 |
Sent a mean or hurtful text message | 48.2 | 47.8 | 34.5 | 46.9 |
Sent a threatening e-mail | 5.3 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
Sent a threatening text message | 10.2 | 10.2 | 5.3 | 7.5 |
Intrusively called or texted to monitor or check up on me/someone | 35.0 | 43.4 | 17.7 | 39.4 |
Used a fake online profile to interact with me/someone | 11.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
Posted an insulting/hurtful comment or poke on a social networking site, e.g., Facebook or MySpace | 27.6 | 10.2 | 21.2 | 7.5 |
Posted an embarrassing photo on a social networking site, e.g., Facebook or MySpace | 57.3 | 11.1 | 24.1 | 12.0 |
Circulated an embarrassing but true story online | 17.7 | 8.4 | 14.6 | 7.1 |
Circulated an embarrassing but untrue story online | 10.6 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
Logged into my/someone’s e-mail to make trouble for or check up on me/them | 8.4 | 15.5 | 7.5 | 19.5 |
Checked up on me/someone by being deceitful on the Internet | 15.2 | 18.7 | 9.3 | 18.1 |
Blocked on AIM or on a website such as MySpace or Facebook | 20.4 | 16.4 | 31.9 | 18.1 |
Excluded or shut out from top friend list | 12.2 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 5.8 |
Tried to make jealous by commenting/posting on someone else’s Internet page | 29.6 | 30.7 | 25.2 | 29.6 |