Adolescents’ experience of offline and online risks: Separate and joint propensities

Görzig, Anke

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.006

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“…While both cyber- and face-to-face victimization peak at an age period that is known for a peak in anti-social behavior due to the influence of delinquent peers (Moffitt, 1993), the current study shows that beyond peers’ behaviors, the general prevalence of criminal behaviors in the cultural and regional proximity does correspond with bullying victimization rates. This appears to be the case for face-to-face bullying as well as for cyberbullying, confirming previous notions that adolescent risk experiences, whether offline or online, are linked by common underlying factors (Görzig, 2016). Given the marginal significance, however, these results and interpretations do need to be considered with caution.…”

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confidence: 86%

Cyberbullying Victimization in Context: The Role of Social Inequalities in Countries and Regions

Görzig

Milosevic

Staksrud

2017

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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The phenomenon of cyberbullying is gaining ever more attention by media and policy makers in many countries. Theoretical frameworks using a socio-ecological approach emphasize the importance of contextual explanatory factors located at the societal level. It has been suggested that in addition to cross-national differences, the analysis of smaller units of more adjacent cultural contexts (i.e., regions) might yield more explanatory power. Leaning on previous findings and theory, the current article aims to identify and compare contextual explanatory factors associated with social inequality (i.e., crime rates, gross domestic product [GDP], life expectancy, and population density) for variation in cyber- and face-to-face bullying victimization rates within one sample. Moreover, corresponding explanatory factors are investigated across national and regional levels. Cyber- and face-to-face bullying victimization of 15,813 nine- to sixteen-year-olds (50% female) from the cross-national survey data of EU Kids Online were linked with contextual variables of 18 countries and 179 regions obtained from data of the European Social Survey (ESS). Hierarchical multilevel-modeling analyses, adding first regional and then country-level contextual predictors for bullying victimization, were performed. Against expectations, differences for cyber- and face-to-face victimization between regions within countries were smaller than differences between countries. Regional-level life expectancy showed a negative and crime rates showed a marginal positive relation with both cyber- and face-to-face victimization. Population density showed a negative and GDP a positive relationship with cyber- but not face-to-face victimization. Adding the same predictors on the country level did not improve model fit. Possible research and policy implications are discussed.

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Cyberbullying Victimization in Context: The Role of Social Inequalities in Countries and Regions

Görzig

Milosevic

Staksrud

2017

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…International survey-based research has reported that anywhere from 9 to 24% of adolescents have experienced bullying through SNS sites, and 88% have witnessed bullying towards SNS users (Livingstone, Haddon, Görzig, & Olafsson 2011;Görzig, 2016;Patchin & Hinduja, 2012;Bastiaensens et al, 2014). Cyber-bullying victimization among adolescents has been linked to negative mental health and physical health outcomes, such as depression, poor self-esteem, emotional distress, and in more extreme cases, episodes of self-harm and suicide attempts (Bastiaensens et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring how social networking sites impact youth with anxiety: A qualitative study of Facebook stressors among adolescents with an anxiety disorder diagnosis

Calancie¹,

Ewing²,

Narducci³

et al. 2017

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“…The current finding is in line with other research showing that those who belong to minority groups are more vulnerable to cyberhate and cyberbullying victimization (Blaya, 2019;Tynes, 2015). Similar to the relations between cyberbullying and bullying these findings highlight associations between offline and online contexts (Blaya et al, 2020;Görzig, 2016b). Further research is needed toward a better understanding of the processes that lead individuals to be involved in online hate as well as offline discrimination and to include both types of victimization in intervention programmes.…”

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confidence: 69%

The Amplification of Cyberhate Victimisation by Discrimination and Low Life Satisfaction: Can Supportive Environments Mitigate the Risks?

Görzig

Blaya²,

Bedrošová

et al. 2022

The Journal of Early Adolescence

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There is some indication that discrimination as well as low levels of life satisfaction render young people at risk of cyberhate victimization. Adopting a socio-ecological perspective, this paper examines whether supportive family, peer and school environments may buffer against the effects of perceived discrimination and low life satisfaction on cyberhate victimization. Data from four countries ( N = 3396) of the EU Kids Online IV survey on children aged 11–17 (51% girls) revealed a positive association between perceived discrimination and cyberhate victimization, but this impact was moderated by supportive family and peer environments. A negative association between life satisfaction and cyberhate victimization was mitigated by peer support. However, no associations with the school context were found. The current study provides new insights on how social support on different levels of the social environment may buffer against potential risk factors for cyberhate victimization and can inform decision-makers towards intervention and prevention strategies.

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Adolescents’ experience of offline and online risks: Separate and joint propensities

Cited by 13 publications

References 34 publications

Cyberbullying Victimization in Context: The Role of Social Inequalities in Countries and Regions

Cyberbullying Victimization in Context: The Role of Social Inequalities in Countries and Regions

Exploring how social networking sites impact youth with anxiety: A qualitative study of Facebook stressors among adolescents with an anxiety disorder diagnosis

The Amplification of Cyberhate Victimisation by Discrimination and Low Life Satisfaction: Can Supportive Environments Mitigate the Risks?

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