mehrangiz mohammadkhani; Saeedeh Garousi; Mehdi Amirkafi; Daryoush Boustani
Abstract
This study analyzed the lived experience of women victims of cyberbulling in the paradigm of interpretivism through qualitative approach and the foundation's data theory method. The data collection tool was semi-structured interview. The participants were 30 female between 18 and 35 who were selected ...
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This study analyzed the lived experience of women victims of cyberbulling in the paradigm of interpretivism through qualitative approach and the foundation's data theory method. The data collection tool was semi-structured interview. The participants were 30 female between 18 and 35 who were selected by purposive sampling. The data was divided into six central categories: “Traditional context of family and community”, “The experience of controversial situations”, “The manifestation of relationships based on threats and pressure on the victim”, “Adopting the approach of rational action based on the hot possibility of discredit”, “Adopting the approach of decisively dealing with harassment” and “individual, family and social effects”. The core topic was “plit awareness and reflexivity of partially diagnosed fears”. The paradigm model was classified into 6 main categories: 1- Background conditions: the central category of the traditional context of family and society, 2- Causal conditions: the victim's experiences in controversial situations,3- Intervening conditions: the manifestation or formation of relationships based on threats and pressure on the victim, 4- Strategies: the approach of rational action based on the hot possibility of discredit, 5- Interactions: the approach of decisively confrontation with bullying, 6- Consequences: the Individual, family and social effects of cyberbullying on the victim.
The findings showed that women in traditional contexts were facing fundamental challenges in interacting with modern communication which affects and disrupts their quality of life, and there was a need for a new rethinking and metamorphosis in gender approaches in the family and society.
