الملخص الإنجليزي
This study aimed to summarize previous studies on cyberbullying and provide a critical review. The review focused on clarifying the predictive factors for cyberbullying for victims as well as bullies. The study used the analytical descriptive method, where published Arabic and foreign studies on electronic bullying were analyzed in four databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, Dar Almandumah and Manhal, as well as Google Scholar, specifically recent studies published last four years. Research into the databases resulted in 107 studies (96 foreign studies and 11 Arab studies). The results of this study showed high rates of prevalence of cyberbullying among children and adolescents globally. The results also showed that the most important predictors of victims of cyberbullying were: age, gender, country, social network size and some social and economic factors, while factors predicting cyberbullying included: excessive use of the internet, lack of empathy, anger and narcissism, and authoritarian or permissive parenting. The results also revealed that the most important risk of cyberbullying is repeated suicide attempts by victims. The study recommended an urgent need for multivariate longitudinal studies to identify factors for predicting cyberbullying, which could guide the design of preventive programmes.
