Cyberbullying Survey: TH TH TH

Cyberbullying Survey
The following survey is seeking information from students about cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is sending
or posting harmful or cruel text using the Internet or other communication technologies, such as cell
phones. Cyberbullying might occur at home through your personal Internet account or a cell phone
used at home. Cyberbullying might also occur at your school, through the school’s Internet network or a
cell phone used at school.
The responses to this survey will be used to help the school develop a plan to address cyberbullying.
Your responses to this survey are confidential.
Survey Questions
1. What grade are you in?

A) 6th grade B) 7th grade C) 8th grade
2. What gender are you?
A) Male B) Female
3. Do you use the Internet at home?
A) Yes B) No
4. Do you use a cell phone at school?
A) Yes B) No
The following are a list of common cyberbullying actions. For each type of action, please answer three
questions.
Flaming – Sending angry, rude, vulgar messages about a person to an online group or to that person via
e-mail or other text messaging.
5. How often have you been flamed?

A) Frequently B) Occasionally C) Never
6. How often do you think students at this school are flamed?
A) Frequently B) Occasionally C) Never D) Don’t Know
7. What is your reaction to flaming?
A) No big deal B) Learn to live with it C) Upsetting D) Very upsetting E) No opinion
Online Harassment – Repeatedly sending offensive messages via e-mail or other text messaging to a
person.
8. How often have you been harassed online or through text messaging?
9. How often do you think students at this school are harassed online?
A) Frequently B) Occasionally C) Never D) Don’t know
10. What is your reaction to online harassment?
Cyberstalking – Online harassment that include threats of harm or is excessively intimidating.
11. How often have you been cyberstalked?

12. How often do you think students at this school are cyberstalked?
13. What is your reaction to cyberstalking?
Denigration (put-downs)- Sending harmful, untrue, or cruel statements about a person to other people
or posting such material online.
14. How often have you denigrated online?

15. How often do you think students at this school are denigrated online?
16. What is your reaction to denigration?
Masquerade-Pretending to be someone else and sending or posting material that makes that person
look bad.
17. How often has someone masqueraded as you online and made you look bad?
18. How often do you think masquerading occurs to students at this school?
19. What is your reaction to masquerading?
Outing – Sending or posting material about a person that contains sensitive, private or embarrassing
information, including forwarding private messages or images.
20. How often have you had someone post sensitive personal information about you online?
21. How often do you think students at this school have had someone send or post sensitive
personal information about them online?
22. What is your reaction to outing?
Exclusion – Cruelly excluding someone from an online group.
23. How often have you been cruelly excluded from an online group?
24. How often do you think students at this school have been cruelly excluded from an online
group?
25. What is your reaction to exclusion?
General Questions
26. Have you ever been cyberbullied by a student who attends this school?
A) Yes B) No
27. If you answered “Yes” to #26, has he or she also bullied you in person at school?
A) Yes B) No
28. If you answered “Yes” to to #26, have you ever bullied or harassed him or her at school?
A) Yes B) No
29. Have you ever cyberbullied students attending this school?
A) Yes B) No
30. How often does cyberbullying occur through the school network?
31. If you answered “Frequently” or “Occassionally”, please indicate what kinds of cyberbullying
activities occur through the school network (check all that apply)
A) Flaming B) Online Harassment C) Cyberstalking D) Denigration E) Masquerade F) Outing
G) Exclusion
32. How often does cyberbullying occur through cell phones or other devices used by students at
school? ?
33. If you answered “Frequently” or “Occassionally”, please indicate what kinds of cyberbullying
activities occur through the school network (check all that apply)
A) Flaming B) Online Harassment C) Cyberstalking D) Denigration E) Masquerade F) Outing
G) Exclusion
34. How frequently are have you been a witness to cyberbullying incidents?
Please indicate how you feel about the following statements.
35. Cyberbullying is a normal part of the online world. There is nothing that anyone can do to stop
it.
A) Strongly agree B) Agree C) Disagree D) Strongly disagree
36. I know of someone who has really been hurt by cyberbullying.
37. Things that happen online should stay online.
38. If someone is being hurt by cyberbullying, it is important to tell a responsible adult.
39. I would report cyberbullying incidents, if I could do so without anyone knowing it was me.
40. I have the right to say anything I want online, even if what I say hurts someone or violates
someone’s privacy.
41. Adults should stay out of this.
42. I would like to create a more kind and respectful online world.
43. If you have been a witness to cyberbullyin g incidents, what is your normal response (Check all
that apply)
A) Join in B) Cheer the bully on C) Watch or look, but don’t participate D) Leave the online
environment E) Object to others, but not directly to the bully F) Object to the bully G) Try to
help or befriend the victim H) Report the cyberbullying to someone that can help the victim I)
Have not been a witness J) Other
44. If someone was cyberbullying you at school or if a student from this school was cyberbullying
you at home, would you report the cyberbullying to a school counselor, teacher or
administrator?
A) Probably Yes B) Probably No
45. If you answered “No”, what are the most important reasons why you would not report (check
all that apply)
A) I don’t think school officials would understand or believe me B) I don’t think the school
would or could do anything to stop it C) I could get myself into trouble, because I could also be
at fault D) I could get myself into trouble, even if I had done nothing wrong. E) The cyberbully
could get back at me and make things even worse F) Other students could make fun of me G)
My parents could find out and might restrict my Internet access. H) I need to learn to deal with
cyberbullying by myself I) Cyberbullying is no big deal. People should just ignore it J) Other
46. If someone was cyberbullying you at home, would you tell your parent/guardian?
A) Probably Yes B) Probably No
47. If you answered “No”, what are the most important reasons why you would not report (check
all that apply)
A) I don’t think my parent/guardian would understand or believe me B) I don’t think my
parent/guardian would or could do anything to stop it C) I could get myself into trouble,
because I could also be at fault D) I could get myself into trouble, even if I had done nothing
wrong. E) The cyberbully could get back at me and make things even worse F) Other students
could make fun of me G) My parent/guardian could restrict my Internet access. H) I need to
learn to deal with cyberbullying by myself I) Cyberbullying is no big deal. People should just
ignore it J) Other
Last Question
48. Does the school’s Internet policy or other policies prohibit actions in school that would be
considered cyberbullying? A) Yes B) No.

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1. What grade are you in?

5. How often have you been flamed?

11. How often have you been cyberstalked?

14. How often have you denigrated online?

Please indicate how you feel about the following statements.

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