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HERRERA-LOPEZ, Mauricio; ROMERA, Eva M.  y  ORTEGA-RUIZ, Rosario. Bullying and Cyberbullying in Latin America: A Bibliometric Study. RMIE [online]. 2018, vol.23, n.76, pp.125-155. ISSN 1405-6666.

The objectives of this research are to identify the bibliographic production that refers to the study of bullying and cyberbullying in Latin America, and to recognize the values and ranges of the overall prevalence of the phenomena in the region. An analysis of 234 articles indicates that bullying is predominant and that few articles address cyberbullying; most involve prevalence, few present the creation/validation of measuring instruments and the evaluation de interventions; numerous studies report the prevalence of bullying between 20% and 30% (29.31% average for grouped data); while cyberbullying is recognized to have values between 2.5% and 42.5%. The studies are coherent with the tendencies of international research. The publications have low impact and make little contribution to the theoretical study of the phenomena. The prevalence, which is close to that reported for Europe and the United States, suggests a reduction in the technological gap between Latin America and industrialized nations.

Palabras llave : aaggression; cyberspace; bibliometric studies.

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