Jeysira Jacqueline Dorantes Carrión Aggression and psychological effects generated by cyberbullying in higher education - preliminary examination

Abstrakt

This paper addresses the issue of aggression and psychological effects generated by cyberbullying in a Higher Education environment. Developed in the Open Education System (SEA, for its initials in Spanish) of the Universidad Veracruzana (a major public university in southeast Mexico), this study shows that aggression, violence and cyberbullying go hand in hand. Particularly, it identifies how a group of educational actors playing a key role in daily school life participate in aggressions and violent acts through social networks and access to Internet connectivity, thus generating psychological effects on students; hence, a number of actions and recommendations that can prevent their effects becomes evident, especially when these transgressions are reported and the university acts upon them in due time. 

Key words: aggression, cyberbullying, university students, violence