Cyberbullying in Japan: Cases, Government Reports, Adolescent Relational Aggression, and Parental Monitoring Roles

Cyberbullying in the Global Playground: Research from International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 183-201

  Aoyama, Ikuko ^a   Utsumi, Shoka ^b   Hasegawa, Motohiro ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINJO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyberbullies, relational aggression; Cyberbullying awareness, in Japan; Cyberbullying in Japan; Filtering software, blocking sites; Government surveys, COGJ, MEXT; Japan, negative use of Internet; Negative psychological influences; Parental monitoring roles; Spam and phishing emails; Studies in the Pacific Rim

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886826465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119954484.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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