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Longitudinal associations between sexting, cyberbullying, and bullying among adolescents: Cross‐lagged panel analysis

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Van Ouytsel, Joris, Lu, Yu, Ponnet, Koen, Walrave, Michel, Temple, Jeff R.·2019·Journal of Adolescence
DOI 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.03.008PMC PMC6597258
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Introduction: While adolescent sexting, or the sending of sexually explicit images, has been cross‐sectionally associated with bullying and cyberbullying, there is a lack of longitudinal studies in this area. To address this gap in the literature, we examined the longitudinal link between sexting and 1) traditional, in‐person, bullying victimization and 2) cyberbullying victimization. Methods: We used data from a longitudinal study of ethnically diverse adolescents recruited from multiple public high schools in southeast Texas. Three waves of data were used (T2, T3 and T4). Cross‐lagged panel analysis was performed in Mplus to analyze the data. Results & Conclusions: Cross‐lagged panel analyses identified autoregressive effects for all three variables, and cross‐lagged effects for cyberbullying. Sexting was associated with subsequent cyberbullying victimization across all time points, and T3 cyberbullying victimization was associated with engagement in sexting one year later. Furthermore, T2 cyberbullying victimization indirectly associated with T4 sexting via T3 cyberbullying victimization. For traditional bullying, a cross‐lagged effect was found between T3 sexting and T4 offline bullying victimization. Although T2 sexting did not directly link to subsequent traditional bullying victimization, a significant mediation effect was identified such that T3 sexting mediated the effects of T2 sexting on T4 traditional bullying victimization. Results show that sexting adolescents may be at risk for (cyber)bullying victimization and highlight the need to address both sexting and bullying in prevention and intervention efforts.

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Authors
Van Ouytsel, J., Lu, Y., Ponnet, K., Walrave, M., & Temple, J. R.
Affiliations
  • Department of Communication Studies University of Antwerp Sint‐Jacobsstraat 2 2000 Antwerp Belgium
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • University of Antwerp (BE)
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Venue
Journal of Adolescence
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-04-05
Volume
73
Issue
1
Pages
36-41
ISSN
  • 0140-1971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9254
DOI
10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.03.008
PMC
PMC6597258
OpenAlex
W2928621846
Cited by
103
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 6
FWCI
17.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K23HD059916)
  • National Institute of Justice (2012‐WG‐BX‐0005, 2012-WG-BX-0005)
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • Research Foundation - Flanders
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
adolescent sexting, cyberbullying, traditional bullying, bullying victimization, cyber victimization, mediation, adolescents, high school students
MeSH terms
Cyberbullying, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Schools, Texas, Crime Victims

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