Degree Name
EdD (Doctor of Education)
Program
Educational Leadership
Date of Award
8-2017
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Dr. William Flora
Committee Members
Dr. Donald Good, Dr. Bethany Flora, Dr. Angela Radford-Lewis
Abstract
Recent research has shown an increase in cyber bullying acts against middle and high school students. The National Center of Education Statistics (2010) reported that cyberbullying incidents increased 73% between the years of 2007 and 2009. In 2011, 75% of cyberbullying victims were adolescents (National Center of Education Statistics, 2013). Using data collected from the Pew Research and American Life Project, the study examined the prevalence of cyber bullying acts against African American female adolescents compared to Caucasian male and female adolescents and African American male adolescents. Additionally, the study reported the cyber bullying incident that occurred most frequently as either directly using texting or indirectly using social media websites. Past research studies have shown a prevalence of cyber bullying acts against Caucasian females. The participants in this study were 737 adolescents 12-17 years old. The results suggested that a prevalence of cyber bullying acts against African American female students occurred at a significantly lower rate than Caucasian female and male students but a significantly higher rate than African American male students and Hispanic male and female students. Additionally, indirect cyberbullying incidents occurred significantly more frequently than direct cyberbullying incidents.
Document Type
Dissertation - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Pennington, Yvette, "Cyberbullying Incidents Among African American Female Middle School Students" (2017). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3280. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3280
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.