Will victims of bullying also become cyber bullies? Do cyber bullies lack empathic responsiveness? These questions have been discussed controversially (Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004). 2,070 students from Lux-embourg secondary schools were tested with the German version of the Cyberbullying questionnaire (Smith et al., 2008) and a novel ques-tionnaire on empathy. Findings support the thesis of a strong link between traditional bullying and cyberbullying. Furthermore, analy-ses of variance indicated that cyber bullies showed less empathic res-ponsiveness. The implications of the findings are discussed in terms of their impact on interventions for cyberbullying.
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