Investigating legal aspects of cyberbullying.

In the UK schools are required by law to protect students from bullying; the responsibility of teachers to govern such behaviour has been extended outside the school setting to include cyberbullying. In this investigation, cyberbullying in secondary education is explored from the student perspective using a qualitative method of enquiry. Reported awareness and understanding about the legal aspects of cyberbullying are investigated; consideration is given to legislation, cybercrime, children's rights, school sanctions and safeguarding responsibilities.

A simplified version of the SYMLOG Trait Rating Form.

This paper describes a brief measure of Bales's three SYMLOG dimensions. A sample of 204 undergraduates with a mean age of 24.7 yr.

Functional Analysis of Persuasive Interaction in a Role-Playing Experiment.

One hundred eighty-six male undergraduates were separately confronted by someone (an actor) asking them to sign a petition in a laboratory experiment of multifactorial design. The actor's behavior and the S's response were rated with the use of two four-dimensional schemes, one based on Leary-Bales-Couch interaction process and the other Parsons-Effrat functional ("AGIL") analysis. Positive behavior by the actor and, to some extent, "serious" behavior were reciprocated by S.