Parental mediation, online activities, and cyberbullying
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Cyberbullying, the use of information and communication technologies to intentionally harm others, has become an important area of research. Studies have begun to investigate the extent of cyberbullying and its victims' personality characteristics. Less is known about the effect of specific online activities and the role of parental mediation on the likelihood of being bullied. This study attempts to fill this gap in the literature conducting a secondary analysis of a representative sample of the U.S. youth population, the Teens and Parents survey conducted by the Pew and American Life Project (n = 935). The results indicate that the risk of youth being bullied is higher for adolescents who have an active profile on social networking sites and participate in chat rooms but not in playing games online. Gender differences emerge in risk factors. A few parental mediation techniques are protective, but most are not. The results indicate the need for more parental participation to reduce risks to youth arising from Internet use for interpersonal communication.
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Some Internet users are socially isolated and may look to the Internet for help or solutions.
“Considering that some Internet users are socially isolated and that they may look to the Internet for help or solutions (Li, 2007;Mesch, 2009)”
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- Authors
- Mesch, G. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Haifa (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Mesch, Gustavo S.
- ORCID
- Mesch, Gustavo S.
- Venue
- CyberPsychology & Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-08
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 387-393
- ISSN
- 1094-9313 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-8364
- OpenAlex
- W2029430065
- Cited by
- 665
- References
- 21
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- FWCI
- 25.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CyberPsychology & Behavior (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, parental mediation, online activities, adolescents, social networking sites, chat rooms, online games, gender differences, risk factors, parental involvement, internet use
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Psychology, Adolescent, Adult, Aggression, Child, Dominance-Subordination, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parent-Child Relations, Peer Group, Reference Values, Social Control, Informal, Social Identification, Social Perception, Parenting, Internet
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