Cybervictimization and Student Engagement in High School Students from Private Schools in Lima

• Autores: Fachin Ramos, Kevin Rogers, Olivas-Ugarte, Lincol Orlando
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.usil.edu.pe:article/1864
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.usil.edu.pe/index.php/pyr/article/view/1864
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Cybervictimization; Student engagement; High school students; Cibervictimización; Involucramiento escolar; Estudiantes de secundaria

In this study, a non-experimental, cross-sectional design with a descriptive-correlational scope was used to examine the relationship between cyber victimization and school engagement. There were 391 students who participated, 51.7% male and 48.3% female, aged 13 to 18 years (M=15.3, SD=0.895), from third (24.5%), fourth (38.8%), and fifth (36.5%) grades of secondary school from three private schools in Lima. For data collection, the School Cybervictimization Scale (ECE) and the School Involvement Scale (EIE-A) were applied. Among the results, high levels of cyberbullying victimization were found in 16% and very high levels in 21.7% of students, as well as low levels of school engagement in 20.5% and very low levels in 19.4% of students. Likewise, a statistically significant and inverse relationship was found, with a small effect size, between the variables (p <.01, rs = -.18, r2 = .03). In addition, student engagement showed statistically significant and inverse correlations, with small effect sizes, regarding the dimensions of cyber victimization: harassment (p < .05, rs = -.19, r2 = .036), invasion of privacy (p < .05, rs = -.15, r2 = .022), and denigration (p < .05, rs = -.12, r2 = .014). Similarly, cybervictimization showed statistically significant and inverse correlations, with small effect sizes, regarding the dimensions of school involvement: behavioral (p < .05, rs = -.15, r2 = .022), emotional (p < .05, rs = -.10, r2 = .010), and cognitive (p < .05, rs = -.15, r2 = .022). In summary, cybervictimization is inversely related to student engagement.