Therefore, studies that find patterns of association between hypothesized
causes and effects contribute to understanding possible causes and falsify causal dependencies
that are not consistent with the data. Nevertheless, existing studies on cyberbullying lack
explanatory theoretical frameworks. Schrock and Boyd’s (2010) literature review, for
example, contains no research findings on possible causes of cyberbullying. Hence, in another
recent literature review, Kiriakidis and Kavoura spend only four lines on the ‘perceived
causes of cyberbullying’ (2010: 91). Moreover, the perceived causes of cyberbullying they