Cyberbullying Victimization in Adolescents as Related to Body Esteem, Social Support, and Social Self-Efficacy

Abstract

The authors examined cyberbullying victimization in the context of issues of key importance to youth: body esteem, social support, and social self-efficacy. Research has found that traditional peer-bullying victimization is significantly correlated with low body esteem in Western societies, especially pertaining to weight (R. Puhl & J. Luedicke, 2012 ). Studies have also found a relationship among bullying victimization, appearance-related bullying, low body esteem, and psychosocial difficulties among youth (L. E. Park, R. M. Calogero, A.F. Young, & A. Diraddo, 2010 ). However, the emergence of cyberbullying, characterized by its own special features (P. K. Smith et al., 2008 ), has raised a salient need to explore the relationship between cyber victimization and body esteem, no less important with social framework, because both are key components in adolescents' lives that may be associated with cyberbullying victimization. The authors examined these relationships among 204 Israeli adolescents 14-16 years old. The results indicate a noteworthy prevalence (45%) of cyber victims. Cyber victimization is significantly correlated with low body esteem and low social support and social self-efficacy. Low body esteem and low social support predicted the probability of being a cyber victim. The results extend the knowledge about potential personal and social risk factors for cyber victimization during adolescence. Implications for specific intervention programs are discussed.

Cyberbullying Among Adolescents and Children: A Comprehensive Review of the Global Situation, Risk Factors, and Preventive Measures

“…The lowest reported victim rates were observed in Canada (13.99%) and South Korea (14.6%) (34,39). The reported prevalence of cyberbullying victimization in the United States of America ranged from 15.5 to 31.4% (29,44), while in Israel, rates ranged from 30 to 45% (26,42). In China, rates ranged from 6 to 46.3% with the country showing the highest prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration (46.30%) (15,43,45,46).…”

“…By combining regional and community-level studies, the prevalence of cyberbullying victimization and cyberbullying perpetration ranged from 13.99 to 57.5% and 6.0 to 46.3%, respectively. Spain reported the highest prevalence of cyberbullying victimization (57.5%) (41), followed by Malaysia (52.2%) (37), Israel (45%) (42), and China (44.5%) (43). The lowest reported victim rates were observed in Canada (13.99%) and South Korea (14.6%) (34,39).…”

Cyberbullying: A narrative review

“…Bystanders/observers/witnesses are the largest group of youth associated with cyberbullying. In one study, 46% of 1094 children and youth (ages 9-18) reported that they were bystanders to episodes of bullying [51]. Of those, 55% identi ied themselves as passive or not providing any help to the cybervictims and 45% had actively helped the cybervictim.…”

Factores De Riesgo Y Factores Protectores Relacionados Con El Ciberbullying Entre Adolescentes: Una Revisión Sistemática

“…En cuanto a los factores protectores relacionados con situaciones de ciberbullying vale la pena señalar el acceso a computadores e Internet y las TIC, pero empleadas de manera consciente y responsable (Peker, 2015). Dentro de los aspectos sociales identificados se encuentran los relacionados con la percepción de las interacciones en red; es decir, la baja percepción del anonimato (Barlett, 2015), la conciencia de ser observado en la Web (Çakır, Gezgin & Ayas, 2016), y la percepción de apoyo social (Olenik-Shemesh, & Heiman, 2017); especialmente este último aspecto constituye uno de los factores protectores de diversas problemáticas durante la adolescencia (Páramo, 2011).…”