التنمر الإلكتروني على الأطفال في المجتمع الكويتي : الأسباب والحلول من وجهة نظر الوالدين
This study aimed to identify the reasons and the suggested solutions for cyberbullying in children in the Kuwaiti society. The study compared the Kuwaiti fathers’ and mothers’ points of view, using the descriptive analytical approach. 377 surveys were randomly distributed among parents in Kuwait. The study identified some reasons for cyberbullying in children as follows: (1) reasons related to the media, such as imitating social media celebrities and watching violent movies and series; (2) reasons related to the family, such as domestic violence, not allowing the child to express their feelings, and the lack of house rules that ban cyberbullying; (3) reasons related to the school, such as the lack of awareness programs at school concerning the dangers of cyberbullying and the lack of strict rules to forbid it. The study findings also showed that there were no significant differences concerning the degree of relation variable between the fathers’ and the mothers’ points of view on the reasons for cyberbullying. Hence, some key solutions were suggested to limit cyberbullying. According to the parents, it is vital to focus on increasing children’s awareness at school. It is also necessary that parents have more monitoring over their children and their electronic devices. (Published abstract)