ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Comput. Sci.
Sec. Digital Education
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2025.1506046
Cyberbullying: A Comparative Analysis Between the Results of a Scoping Study and a Questionnaire Applied to Students
Provisionally accepted
- 1University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- 2Research Centre on Education, University of Minho, Braga, Braga, Portugal
- 3Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, Institute of Education, University of Minho, Braga, Braga, Portugal
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This article presents a scoping study using the Scopus Database to analyze literature on cyberbullying and students' perceptions. Using the keywords 'cyberbullying', 'students', and 'perceptions', we narrowed down 6271 initial articles to 14 that met our inclusion criteria. Additionally, we conducted a questionnaire survey with 193 Portuguese students aged between 10 and 19 to understand their perceptions of cyberbullying. Our analysis revealed cyberbullying as a growing concern with significant negative impacts on students' mental and emotional well-being. The correlation between our questionnaire results and the scoping study findings emphasizes the urgent need for comprehensive intervention strategies. Our research indicates that effective cyberbullying prevention requires a multi-faceted approach including: development of social and emotional skills among students; promotion of appropriate technology use beyond technical literacy; targeted teacher training programs; establishment of clear intervention protocols within schools; empowerment of cyber-observers as active prevention agents; and recognition that cyberbullying often functions as an extension of face-to-face aggression rather than anonymous attacks. This study brings into focus the critical importance of fostering digital citizenship within educational settings, with teachers and school administrators playing pivotal roles in creating safe digital environments. The findings underscore how properly structured educational interventions can significantly increase reporting rates and decrease cyberbullying incidents, thereby promoting students' overall well-being in the digital age.
Keywords: cyberbullying, students' perspectives, scoping study, comparative analysis, DigitalCitizenship Education
Received: 04 Oct 2024; Accepted: 13 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Luís Coutinho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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