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Cyberbullying among university students in the post-pandemic period: aggresive behaviors and prevention

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  • Cecilia Vallejos-Parás,
  • Luis-Antonio Andrade-Rosas,
  • Jaime Echeverría-García
Cecilia Vallejos-Parás
Universidad La Salle, México
Luis-Antonio Andrade-Rosas
Universidad La Salle, México
Jaime Echeverría-García
Universidad La Salle, México
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Published 2025-09-18

Keywords

  • Bullying,
  • Peer harassment,
  • Peace education,
  • Classroom environment,
  • Higher education

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Vallejos-Parás, C., Andrade-Rosas, L.-A. ., & Echeverría-García, J. (2025). Cyberbullying among university students in the post-pandemic period: aggresive behaviors and prevention. Revista Panamericana De Pedagogía, 41. https://doi.org/10.21555/rpp.3467
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Abstract

A questionnaire applied to 863 university students in Mexico City explores the frequency of aggressive behavior among peers through digital media during the return to face-to-face classes in the context of Covid-19. Among the findings, it is evident that reading rumors on the Internet about classmates and sending offensive memes among them appear as the most frequent problems among university students. Subsequently, a prediction analysis is carried out based on three variables: probability of cyberbullying, insinuation of cyberbullying, and provocation of cyberbullying. The analysis shows that by controlling the insinuation of cyberbullying, the probability of doing it decreases by 11%. However, the probability of committing cyberbullying could decrease by double (21%) when its provocation is controlled.

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