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Online risks behaviours of Croatian adolescents: contribution to social work practice and education

Social work practice is faced with the growth of risks in virtual environment. Internet addiction and cyberbullying among youth are phenomena that show a significant increase owing to the development of technology. Main objective of this study was to examine the patterns of internet use and the involvement in cyber violence among Croatian adolescents. Standardized measuring instruments Internet addiction test and The European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire were administered to the randomly selected cluster sample of 352 adolescents in high schools. Adolescents with higher results on the internet addiction shows higher results on victimization and perpetration of cyber bullying. The analysis of patterns of internet use and internet addiction among groups with various levels of involvement in cyber violence was conducted. Results show moderate to high effect size between internet addiction and cyber violence.

internet addiction ; cyberbullying ; victimization

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