Date and meeting venue
February, 9 - 2012
Aula Magna - Dip. di Psicologia
Università di Bologna
Viale Berti Pichat 5 - Bologna
On-line registration
Draft programme
Cyberbullying is a form of aggression that in recent years has become even more evident among adolescents due to the increasing availability of computers and mobile phones. The targets of this conference, granted by the European Project Daphne III, are students, teachers, educators and parents. The conference aims at describing the characteristics of this new phenomenon, highlighting some possible strategies for intervention and prevention in the comparison among different European Countries.
An English-Italian interpreter service is available.
Project
ECIP (European Cyberbullying Intervention Project)
Cyberbullying in adolescence: investigation and intervention in six European Countries
The project represents a deepening and extension of the proposed activities under the Programme DAPHNE II ("An investigation into forms of peer-peer bullying at school in pre-adolescent groups: new instruments and preventing strategies").
The first objective of the project is to study the characteristics and distribution of cyberbullying (Cyberbullying) in Europe (Italy- Emilia Romagna and Calabria- Spain, England, Greece, Germany and Poland) among adolescents of secondary school degree.
Starting from the results, the second objective of the project is planning interventions in adolescents at risk of violence, with the aim of promoting the development of prosocial behaviour, reducing antisocial behaviour and the involvement of adolescents in cyberbullying. Finally, the ultimate goal of the project is the dissemination of the results obtained with the creation of guidelines for Europe.
The referral program is the Daphne III Programme 2009-2010 (To Prevent and Combat Violence Against Children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk). The purpose of the program is to support organizations working to develop measures of investigation and instruments of action to prevent and combat all forms of violence against children, adolescents and women.
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Scientific Committee
Prof. Maria Luisa Genta
Dr. Antonella Brighi
Dr. Annalisa Guarini
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Bologna
Dott. Stefano Versari
Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per l’Emilia-Romagna