Epidemiology of peer cybervictimization and its relationship with health‐related quality of life in adolescents: A prospective study

Abstract

Introduction: Research focused on the association between peer cybervictimization and declining health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is scarce. Currently, few longitudinal studies find an association between these phenomena, and none focus on cybervictimization profiles. The main objectives are: (1) to analyze the point and period prevalence, and incidence of cybervictimization profiles (uninvolved, new, ceased, intermittent, and stable cybervictims); (2) to study the relationship between cybervictimization and HRQoL over time; (3) to determine the longitudinal impact on the HRQoL of each type of profile. Methods: A prospective study was conducted in three waves over 13 months. A total of 1142 adolescents aged 11-18 years participated in all the waves (630 girls, 55.2%). Results: The prevalence of victimization for the three waves was 21.6% (Wave 1; W1), 23.5% (W2), and 19.6% (W3), respectively. The period prevalence was 41.3%, and the accumulated incidence was 25.1%. It was found that 24% of the participants were new victims, 5.9% were intermittent victims, and 6% were stable victims. Being a cybervictim at W1 poses a relative risk of 1. 73 [1.29-2.32], that is, a twofold increased risk of presenting a low HRQoL 13 months later compared to those who are not cybervictims. Conclusion: One in four adolescents became a new cybervictim during the 13 months of the study. The adolescents who presented poorer HRQoL were the stable cybervictims.

Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Cyberbullying and Cybervictimization Prevalence among Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review

“…Twenty-six articles were excluded due to not meeting the inclusion criteria: two studies focused on wrong outcomes [64,65], ten were conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic [66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75], seven articles involved participants aged > 18 years [51,[76][77][78][79][80][81], two articles included participants aged > 18 years and examined the phenomenon before the COVID-19 pandemic [82,83], three did not report the period of data collection nor made any reference to the COVID-19 pandemic [84][85][86], and two studies were no empirical investigations, being a scoping review [87] and a systematic review [88] (Supplementary material, Table S2).…”

Ciberviolencia en el noviazgo: Diferencias por edad, sexo y variables relacionadas con la victimización

“…Lo anterior evidencia la divergencia existente en cuanto a las diferencias por sexo en la prevalencia, que puede ser una consecuencia de las diferencias en las muestras y los instrumentos de medida, pues algunos estudios señalan una mayor prevalencia de victimización entre las mujeres (González-Cabrera et al, 2023;Sun & Fan, 2018), mientras que otros entre los hombres (Machimbarrena & Garaigordobil, 2018;Wong et al, 2018); en tanto que otros estudios, como este, no encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas (DePaolis & Williford, 2015;Gilbar et al, 2023;Reed et al, 2016). Se recomienda la realización de otros estudios de prevalencia, que además examinen las diferencias por sexo en muestras no escolarizadas y de otras regiones del país, con el fin de considerar aspectos culturales y regionales para la comprensión y la prevención de este problema.…”