In Luxembourg, one in ten teenagers has been “cyberbullied”
A direct consequence of the digital boom in society, cyberstalking is a new societal challenge, particularly in terms of the protection of adolescents. For several years, cases of online harassment have sometimes developed at the same rate as the social networks popular with young people (Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok).
According to statistics transmitted as part of the first international day against violence in schools initiated by Unesco last year, one in ten adolescents indicate having already been the victim of online harassment in Luxembourg, replied the ministers Henri Kox (Déi Gréng) and Claude Meisch (DP) to deputy Marc Spautz (CSV), Monday. “Jealousy and envy” (39%), the physical (33%) and revenge (22%) are the most common motives. Figures broadly similar to those recorded in 2018 during the study on adolescent health in Luxembourg. At the time, 8.5% of young people said they had been bullied online and 10.6% had admitted to having harassed before.
Who are the students most affected?
While “offline” bullying within the framework of school is still reaching significant levels (one in five pupils concerned), the trend is downward. “We assume that over time, some of the bullying in schools has turned into many in cyberbullying,” write the ministers, who can rely on sociological findings to fight against the phenomenon.
Thus, it appears that young girls are more concerned than their male peers by cyberstalking, and that pupils of immigrant origin are also more victims. An inequality that also manifests itself at the social and family level. Students from poor families are more affected, as are those who do not live with both parents. A new survey will be carried out in 2022. It will in particular make it possible to observe the dynamics in this area.
To fight against cyberbullying of adolescents, the Ministers of Internal Security and National Education have listed the initiatives of Bee Secure including training and educational material. Without forgetting the various campaigns, in particular by the Psycho-Social and School Support Center (CePAS).
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