According to a survey by Daisuke Hori, an assistant professor of medical science at the University of Tsukuba, 8.0% of full-time employees are subjected to cyber-bullying via the Internet at least once a week while telework is expanding due to the corona disaster. It was revealed.Among them, the results show that people who are both conventional and cyber-bullying are more likely to have a serious impact on their mental health.
According to the University of Tsukuba, in January 2021, a research group led by Assistant Professor Hori conducted a web survey on bullying in the workplace for full-time employees aged 1 to 20 who were not on leave, and analyzed the responses of 64 men and 800 women. did.
As a result, 8.0% of all respondents said they were cyberbullying more than once a week, and 1% said they were being bullied traditionally.The typical pattern of bullying was that cyberbullying would not give you information that would affect your work by phone, email, ignoring messages, and traditional bullying.Significant associations with cyberbullying were found in younger ages, managerial positions, difficult tasks, and frequent teleworking.
Furthermore, when comparing the groups that have not been bullied with the groups that have been bullied traditionally, and the groups that have been bullied both traditionally and online, the groups that have been bullied both traditionally and online have mental health. The highest adverse effect on was seen.
With the spread of telework due to the Korona-ka, the increase in cyber-bullying has become a global concern, but in Japan, the actual situation of cyber-bullying and its impact on mental health have not been clarified.
