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Adolescents' Psychological Consequences and Cyber Victimization : The Moderation of School-Belongingness and Ethnicity

WRIGHT, Michelle and Sebastian WACHS

Basic information

Original name

Adolescents' Psychological Consequences and Cyber Victimization : The Moderation of School-Belongingness and Ethnicity

Authors

WRIGHT, Michelle (840 United States of America, belonging to the institution) and Sebastian WACHS (276 Germany)

Edition

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, MDPI, 2019, 1660-4601

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.849

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00112107

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

UT WoS

000480659300046

Keywords in English

cyberbullying; cyber victimization; depression; anxiety; loneliness; Latinx; Latino; adolescents; ethnic; ethnic differences

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 11/5/2020 11:57, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Abstract

V originále

Cyber victimization research reveals various personal and contextual correlations and negative consequences associated with this experience. Despite increasing attention on cyber victimization, few studies have examined such experiences among ethnic minority adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of ethnicity in the longitudinal associations among cyber victimization, school-belongingness, and psychological consequences (i.e., depression, loneliness, anxiety). These associations were investigated among 416 Latinx and white adolescents (46% female; M age = 13.89, SD = 0.41) from one middle school in the United States. They answered questionnaires on cyber victimization, school belongingness, depression, loneliness, and anxiety in the 7th grade (Time 1). One year later, in the 8th grade (Time 2), they completed questionnaires on depression, loneliness, and anxiety. Low levels of school-belongingness strengthened the positive relationships between cyber victimization and Time 2 depression and anxiety, especially among Latinx adolescents. The positive association between cyber victimization and Time 2 loneliness was strengthened for low levels of school-belongingness for all adolescents. These findings may indicate that cyber victimization threatens adolescents’ school-belongingness, which has implications for their emotional adjustment. Such findings underscore the importance of considering diverse populations when examining cyber victimization.