Cyberbullying victimization and depression among adolescents: A meta-analysis
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Cyberbullying is a category of bullying that occurs in the digital realm/medium of electronic text. In this study, we used meta-analysis to explore the relation between cyberbullying victimization and depression. We investigated 57 empirical studies from 17 countries (74 effect sizes and 105, 440 participants). The results showed that there was a significant positive relation between cyberbullying victimization and depression (r = .291, 95% CI = [.246, .335]). Moreover, we found that gender, age and publication year significantly moderated the relation between cyberbullying victimization and depression.
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Most existing meta-analyses focus on assessing a single factor's relationship with cyberbullying.
“While many predictors and consequences are associated with cybervictimization, most of the existing meta-analyses focus on assessing a single factor’s relationship with cyberbullying93,94.”
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- Authors
- Hu, Y., Bai, Y., Pan, Y., & Li, S.
- Affiliations
- Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (CN)
- Southwest University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Pan, Yangu
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-11
- Volume
- 305
- Pages
- 114198
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3196456221
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 31 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 9
- FWCI
- 2.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Keywords
- cyberbullying, cyber victimization, depression, adolescents, gender differences, age differences, publication year effects
- MeSH terms
- Cyberbullying, Adolescent, Depression, Humans, Crime Victims, Bullying, Text Messaging
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