Bullying e cyberbullying

Daniel Tornaim Spritzer; Sara Mota Borges Bottino

doi:10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2017.674

Authors

Daniel Tornaim Spritzer Médico Psiquiatra. Especialista em Psiquiatria da infância e adolescência. Mestre em Psiquiatria pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Coordenador do Grupo de Estudos sobre Adições Tecnológicas (GEAT)
Sara Mota Borges Bottino Médica Psiquiatra, Mestre em Psiquiatria pelo Instituto de Psiquaitria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo - HCFMUSP, doutora em Medicina Preventiva pela FMUSP. Coordenadora do Ambulatório de Saúde Mental da Mulher do Departamento de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2017.674

Keywords:

bullying, cyberbullying

Abstract

The new technologies in communication and information have also modified the pattern of social interaction between people. Among the younger ones, one in three teenagers prefers electronic communication to face-to-face communication, according to an article published in Debates em Psiquiatria.

With the increase in interaction through the internet, for example, bullying practices among young people also migrated to virtual life, characterizing cyberbullying, or virtual harassment, which is characterized by the reproduction of hostile behavior with the intention of harming the environment. another one over the internet. The impact of cyberbullying incidents on the emotional aspects of adolescents is extremely harmful for victims and directly interferes with the quality of mental health.