Cyber Bullying and Traumatic Experiences: The Impact on Learning Disabilities

Authors

  • Agathi Stathopoulou Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support
  • Zoe Karabatzaki School Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Greece
  • Dionisis Loukeris Counsellor at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, Greece
  • Panagiotis Mantas Counsellor at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, Greece
  • Georgia Kokkalia N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Telecoms Lab-Net Media Lab
  • Athanasios S. Drigas N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Telecoms Lab-Net Media Lab

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v6i1.8401

Abstract


The aim of our research is to investigate the effects of traumatic experiences that teens with learning disorders had to go through. The sample of our study is consisted of 160 high school students who were referred in a web line evaluation form, due to low school performance. The research tool that was used was ACHENBACH’s self-report questionnaire for children and teenagers and more specifically the subscales for anxiety-depression and depression-withdrawal. Frequencies, percentages of responses and means have been calculated. An analysis of variance (one way anova) to assess the differences in the averages of students' responses to the variable "experiencing a traumatic event" was also performed. The results showed that there are significant differences in the level of statistical significance p <0,01 between the means of students who say they have experienced a traumatic event and those who report that they haven’t. Particularly decisive traumatic experience for the students' mentality seems to be the in-school violence received by students and the death of a loved one. Application features that have to do with the cyber bulling are also presented briefly. 

Author Biographies

Agathi Stathopoulou, Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support

Agathi Stathopoulou  is a teacher in Secondary Education with a specialization in Greek philology. She holds a PhD in Special Education. She has taken part in research projects and seminars. At the current period is �  serving as a special educator at the Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support, where pupils with special educational needs are assessed, in  the B area of Athens. She is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’.She has written a book and articles in Greek and International journals. 

Zoe Karabatzaki, School Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Greece

Zoe Karabatzaki is a School Advisor at the 21st Preschool Educational Region of Athens. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Sciences (Special Education). She has participated in many educational seminars and conferences as a keynote speaker and as instructor. Furthermore, she has taken part in research programs that were supported by many universities of Greece. She has written two books, chapters in collective volumes, articles in scientific journals and educational notes. She has taught at graduate and postgraduate programs at the University of Thessaly, at the  University of Athens and at Democritus University of Thrace. She is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’.

Dionisis Loukeris, Counsellor at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, Greece

Dionisis Loukeris is a Counsellor at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs in Greece. He holds a PhD in “Environmental Education and Viable Growth” and a Master of Arts in “Theory and Practice of Teaching and Evaluation”. He has been an Education Counsellor since 2004, first at the Institute of Educational Policy and then, until today, at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs. He has taught at graduate and postgraduate programs at the University of Athens. He  is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’. Writer of lots of books and research articles in Greek and international journals, he has also participated in conferences both in Greece and abroad.

Panagiotis Mantas, Counsellor at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, Greece

Panagiotis Mantas is a  Counsellor at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs in Greece. He holds a Phd in Educational Sciences . From 2004-2012 he worked as an Education Counsellor for the Institute of Educational Policy in Greece. During his educational career, he has also taught among others at Intra-institutional and Inter-Institutional-Interdepartmental Master studies for the University of Athens and the Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, the Democritus University of Thrace and the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, NCSR “Demokritos”. He has written books and articles in Greek and International journals.

Georgia Kokkalia, N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Telecoms Lab-Net Media Lab

Georgia Kokkalia (MSc in Specific Learning Difficulties) is a Special Education Teaching Professional and Phd Candidate in University of Athens. She has participated in various research projects regarding the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Special Education and in Kindergarten

Athanasios S. Drigas, N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Telecoms Lab-Net Media Lab

Athanasios Drigas is a director of research at N.C.S.R. Demokritos. He is the Coordinator of Telecoms Lab and founder of Net Media Lab since 1996. From 1985 to 1999 he was the Operational manager of the Greek Academic network. He has been the Coordinator of Several International Projects, in the fields of ICTs, and e-services (e-learning, e-psychology, e-government, e-inclusion, e-culture etc). He has published more than 300 articles, 7 books, 25 educational CD-ROMs and several patents. He has been a member of several International committees for the design and coordination of Network and ICT activities and of international conferences and journals.

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Published

2018-03-19

How to Cite

Stathopoulou, A., Karabatzaki, Z., Loukeris, D., Mantas, P., Kokkalia, G., & Drigas, A. S. (2018). Cyber Bullying and Traumatic Experiences: The Impact on Learning Disabilities. International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES), 6(1), pp. 74–87. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v6i1.8401

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

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