Better Internet for Kids

This short report forms part of a contribution to the Parliamentary Commission for Childhood and Adolescence. It draws on findings from the Bullying in Italy: Offensive and violent behaviour among very young people/Il bullismo in Italia: Comportamenti offensivi e violenti tra i giovanissimi (2015). This included data from the  ""Aspects of daily life"" national survey, focusing specifically on experiences of bullying among a sample of young people. Just over 50% of 11-17-year-olds had experienced some offensive, disrespectful and/or violent episode from other boys or girls in the previous 12 months. Among young people who use mobile phones and/or the Internet, 5.9% report having repeatedly suffered harassment via text messages, e-mail, chat or social networks. The report found that the phenomenon of bullying is constantly evolving, as is the way of communicating; the new technologies available, the Internet or the mobile phone, are inevitably further potential means through which to commit and suffer bullying or abuse.
(Source: Report).

The "Aspects of daily life" sample survey is part of the integrated system of Multipurpose Surveys on Families launched in 1993. The family interview uses two paper questionnaires and is carried out every year. In the 2014 edition, various aspects of the daily lives of children and adolescents were explored in depth. In particular, questions aimed at estimating the victims of bullying were asked to 11-17-year-olds. Information was also collected on those who witnessed acts of bullying between peers and on the strategies that children consider most effective to escape the spiral of bullying.

Italy

Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat). (2015). Il bullismo in Italia: Comportamenti offensivi e violenti tra i giovanissimi. https://www.istat.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Bullismo.pdf