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Wright MF, Wachs S, Yanagida T, Ševčíková A, Dědková L, Bayraktar F, Aoyama I, Kamble SV, Macháčková H, Li Z, Soudi S, Lei L, Shu C. Coping with Public and Private Face-to-Face and Cyber Victimization among Adolescents in Six Countries: Roles of Severity and Country. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14405. [PMID: 36361294 PMCID: PMC9653802 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
This study investigated the role of medium (face-to-face, cyber) and publicity (public, private) in adolescents' perceptions of severity and coping strategies (i.e., avoidant, ignoring, helplessness, social support seeking, retaliation) for victimization, while accounting for gender and cultural values. There were 3432 adolescents (ages 11-15, 49% girls) in this study; they were from China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, and the United States. Adolescents completed questionnaires on individualism and collectivism, and ratings of coping strategies and severity for public face-to-face victimization, private face-to-face victimization, public cyber victimization, and private cyber victimization. Findings revealed similarities in adolescents' coping strategies based on perceptions of severity, publicity, and medium for some coping strategies (i.e., social support seeking, retaliation) but differential associations for other coping strategies (i.e., avoidance, helplessness, ignoring). The results of this study are important for prevention and intervention efforts because they underscore the importance of teaching effective coping strategies to adolescents, and to consider how perceptions of severity, publicity, and medium might influence the implementation of these coping strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michelle F. Wright
- DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
- Dublin City University, D09 Dublin, Ireland
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- Dublin City University, D09 Dublin, Ireland
- University of Potsdam, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- Tsuru University, Tsuru, Yamanashi 402-8555, Japan
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- Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100021, China
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- Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka 560029, India
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- Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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Jattamart A, Kwangsawad A. What awareness variables are associated with motivation for changing risky behaviors to prevent recurring victims of cyberbullying? Heliyon 2021; 7:e08121. [PMID: 34660931 PMCID: PMC8503624 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The detrimental consequences for victims of cyberbullying is becoming a major public health problem in many countries. However, it is a possibility that such victims will experience repeated cyberbullying in future. Therefore, a sustainable, long-term solution is to train victims to prevent cyberbullying and cope effectively with future situations. This aim of this study was to further our understanding of the factors involved in both raising awareness and increasing motivation in relation to the process of changing risky social media behaviors in order to reduce future incidences of cyberbullying. The study was conducted with a group of 541 late adolescents, who studied at university level and were victims of cyberbullying, and 397 parents. Data was collected using online questionnaires, which were designed according to I-Change Model (ICM) theory, and statistically analyzed to determine the presence of a causal relationship using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of this study showed that family communication, loneliness, perceived susceptibility, and message and channel type had direct influences on victims’ awareness of risky behaviors. Based on parental views, the channel had a direct influence on the awareness of victims and this, in turn, had a direct influence on motivation for enacting changes in health behavior (including both psychological and physical health). It was also found that motivation for improving psychological health has a strong influence on physical health. The study results were consistent for both victims and parents. Therefore, in future, issues that should be prioritized and acted upon include promoting cooperation between victims, parents, schools, and mental health professionals in order to train and educate victims and develop an intervention program that takes into account family and personal relationships. These actions may reduce behaviors among adolescents that put them at risk of being ongoing victims of cyberbullying.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aungkana Jattamart
- Department of Business Information Technology, Faculty of Business Administration, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin Wang Klai Kangwon Campus, Prachuapkhirikhan, Thailand
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- Department of Business Information Technology, Faculty of Business Administration, Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin Wang Klai Kangwon Campus, Prachuapkhirikhan, Thailand
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