It can also be assumed that the per

It can also be assumed that the perceived popularity of the bully impacts victims' experience of the bullying episode. Power imbalance in terms of perceived popularity is only given if a high status (popular) bully bullies a lower status (less popular) victims. In this scenario victims have fewer means of preventing or adequately coping with bullying and thus they might feel helpless. On the other hand, if bullies and victims have similar power, for example similar perceived popularity, the intended victims could probably prevent bullying or could adequately cope with it and thus not feel as helpless. We empirically investigate these assumptions for cyberbullying in study1