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The collaboration between actors both inside and outside school to combat cyberbullying have been emphasized as important (Jahnsen et al., 2016). However, it is in this field of research still a less researched topic. The main aim of the study was to explore the experiences and opinions of collaborative partners and parents in the work of combating cyberbullying. The goal was to identify both challenges and opportunities in the collaboration. The research questions were: What challenges and opportunities exist regarding the collaboration between 1) the school and the parents? 2) the school and professionals outside the school? 3) between the professionals outside the school? For the data collection a convenience sample was used, including a total of 20 participants from 5 schools (3 primary schools and 2 lower secondary schools). They were collected from a specific area in a small municipality in Norway. Semi-structured interviews were used.
In addition to the informants in the schools, one representative from each of the school psychology service, police, child protection service (BUP), a football trainer and parents were interviewed. The main preliminary results showed a big potential for more collaboration among parents and the schools, the schools and external actors, in addition to the collaboration between the different external actors. The identified challenge regarding the different actors seems to be a low level of reflection concerning their important contributing role in the whole school community approach to combat cyberbullying. The practical implications for intervention and future research will be discussed.
Keywords
Cyberbullying, parents, within school, outside school, collaoration
| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Scientific |
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| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Qualitative method study |
