According to theorist Erik Erikson, his thoery on child development is that, he believed that each stage of development is focused on overcoming a conflict. Success or failure in dealing with conflicts can impact overall functioning. This theory relates to cyber-bullying because if a child fails to deal with such harrassment and conflict, thier developmental stage and overall functioning will be affected.
Based on erickson theory, the stages that can be affect by cyber-bullying is stages 4-6. These stages range from the age groups of 7-20. These are the ages that cyber-bullying affect an individual. In these stages, psychoscial crisis that's being affected is, industry vs inferiority, ego-identity vs role-confusion and intamacy vs isolation.
Below is a chart of Erikson theory on child development
http://psychology.about.com/library/bl_psychosocial_summary.htm
i found this when trying to find research for my paper . thanks so much for making this blog. im doing a paper on bullying for my psychology, sociology and anthropology course name families and individuals
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