Blaming the Victim: The Effects of Extraversion and Information Disclosure on Guilt Attributions in Cyberbullying
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Cyberbullying victims' success in coping with bullying largely depends on schoolmates and other bystanders' social support. However, factors influencing the degree of social support have as yet not been investigated. In this article, the concept of victim blaming is applied to cyberbullying incidents. It is assumed that a cyberbullying victim receives less social support when the victim's behavior is perceived as very overt. It is further assumed that this effect's underlying process is the partial attribution of responsibility for the incident to the victim and not to the bully. The hypotheses are tested with a 2×2 online experiment. In this experiment, varying online self-presentations of a fictitious female cyberbullying victim were presented to 586 Germans aged 16-22. The victim's public Facebook profile was manipulated in terms of the victim's extraversion and the amount of personal information disclosed. The results support the hypotheses. Participants attributed more responsibility for the bullying incident to the victim when the victim was presented as extraverted and very open in revealing personal information. This diminished social support for the victim. The effect was partially mediated by the victim's perceived attractiveness. The study implies that concepts from victimization research can enhance our understanding of cyberbullying incidents. Among other factors, the victim's specific personal characteristics deserve more consideration--not only with regard to the incident itself but also regarding subsequent social dynamics and coping mechanisms.
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Previous research showed that cyberbullying was deemed as acceptable when victims were viewed as oversharing personal information online.
“Similarly with the participants’ views that cyberaggression should be tolerated when seen as a predictable outcome of actions on SM, previous research showed that cyberbullying was deemed as acceptable when victims were viewed as oversharing personal information online (119, 120), highlighting a tendency to justify harmful behaviors based on targets perceived responsibility.”
From A thematic analysis of adolescents’ perceptions of cyberbullying and cyberaggression: definitional distinctions and educational gaps (2026) · cites this paper as [120]
Social support (as opposed to victim-blaming) plays a genuine role in how individuals cope with cyberbullying incidents.
“Indeed, many researchers have noted that social support (as opposed to victim-blaming) plays a genuine role in how individuals cope with cyberbullying incidents (Weber et al., 2013).”
From A review of cyberbullying and suggestions for online psychological therapy (2015) · cites this paper as Weber et al., 2013
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- Authors
- Weber, M., Ziegele, M., & Schnauber, A.
- Affiliations
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Department of Communication, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
- Venue
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-04
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 254-259
- ISSN
- 2152-2715 (ISSN-L)
- 2152-2723
- OpenAlex
- W2159732105
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 5.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- cyberbullying, victim blaming, guilt attribution, social support, extraversion, information disclosure, online self-presentation, Facebook profiles, perceived attractiveness, bystanders, victimization
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Aggression, Extraversion, Psychological, Female, Guilt, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Social Behavior, Social Perception, Social Support, Crime Victims, Disclosure, Young Adult, Bullying
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