Youth engaging in online harassment: associations with caregiver–child relationships, Internet use, and personal characteristics☆
Abstract
To date, research focused on "traditional" (i.e. in-person) youth bullying behaviour has documented serious psychosocial challenges for those involved. How this literature translates to youth engaging in aggressive behaviours online has yet to be examined. Using the largest US sample of youth Internet users to date, psychosocial characteristics of youth engaging in Internet harassment were examined. Results from the nationally representative survey suggested that Internet harassment is a significant public health issue, with aggressors facing multiple psychosocial challenges including poor parent-child relationships, substance use, and delinquency. Comparisons to traditional bullies were made, with similarities and differences noted.
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Internet use is positively related to cyberbullying experiences such that the more teenagers are online, the more interaction with cyberbullying incidences.
“Internet use has also been found to be positively related to cyberbullying experiences such that the more teenagers are online, the most interaction with cyberbullying incidences (Kwan and Skoric, 2013;Ybarra, 2004;Ybarra and Mitchell, 2004).”
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- Authors
- Ybarra, M. L., & Mitchell, K. J.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ybarra, Michele L
- Venue
- Journal of Adolescence
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-05-25
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 319-336
- ISSN
- 0140-1971 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9254
- OpenAlex
- W2069165059
- Cited by
- 737
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 12.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- National Institute of Mental Health (#280‐99‐8023)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Keywords
- online harassment, cyberbullying, youth aggression, parent-child relationship, internet use, substance use, juvenile delinquency, psychosocial outcomes, adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Social Behavior, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Caregivers, Substance-Related Disorders, Internet, White People
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