Peer influence as a predictor of producing and distributing hurtful images of peers and teachers among Flemish adolescents

Abstract: This study examines whether self-perceived popularity, need for popularity, and peer pressure explain teenagers use of the mobile phone to make and distribute hurtful pictures and videos of peers and teachers. A large-scale quantitative survey study among 1787 Flemish high school pupils in 2010 revealed that, in the six months prior to the study, 25% of adolescents had made a picture/video of a peer who was being ridiculed, 8% of a peer who was being physically bullied, and 11% had distributed such a picture/video online. Thirteen percent had made a picture/video of a teacher being r... Mehr ...