Victims of Cyberbullying: Feeling Loneliness and Depression among Youth and Adult Chileans during the Pandemic

Varela, Jorge J.; Hernández, Cristóbal; Miranda, Rafael; Barlett, Christopher P.; Rodríguez-Rivas, Matías E.

doi:10.3390/ijerph19105886

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“…Moreover, Alheneidi et al (2021) found that individuals who spent more hours online felt lonely. This loneliness risks the prevalence of individuals engaged in cyberbullying victimization (Olenik-Shemesh et al, 2012;Varela et al, 2022). These results suggest that PIU harms victims, particularly regarding the amount of time spent.…”

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Prevalence and Predictors of Cyberbullying in Middle and High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Borualogo,

Wahyudi,

Kusdiyati

2023

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Schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the learning process has changed dramatically. Students spent countless hours online for learning and leisure activities and risked themselves by engaging in cyberbullying. This study aims are twofold: (1) to investigate the prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration and victimization during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) to investigate predictors of cyberbullying perpetration and victimization. A cross-sectional survey method was used in this study. This study used three questionnaires named Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization, Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire Short Form (PIUQ-SF-6), and Cyberbullying Attitudes Measure. Participants are middle and high school students (N = 3,752; 52.4% were girls, 81.6% were middle school students). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate linear regression. Results showed that more students engaged in cyberbullying victimization than perpetration. Boys were more likely to engage in cyberbullying perpetration. Girls were more likely to engage in cyberbullying victimization. The most prevalent cyberbullying perpetration and victimization were posted mean or hurtful comments online. PIU, particularly more time spent online, harms both perpetrators and victims, as many as 3.4% for perpetrators and 4.5% for victims. Having fun teasing others online and feeling good attacking others online made the highest contributions to engaging in cyberbullying perpetration, as many as 10.9% and 10.1%, respectively. Do not accept harming others online and do not feel-good attacking others online, protecting the individuals from being cyberbullied as many as 4.2%. The attitude that school rules will be ineffective at stopping cyberbullying made the highest contribution to being cyberbullied, as many as 4.2%.

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confidence: 88%

Prevalence and Predictors of Cyberbullying in Middle and High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Borualogo,

Wahyudi,

Kusdiyati

2023

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“…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).…”

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

Sorrentino

Sulla

Santamato

et al. 2023

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In light of the alarming results emerging from some studies and reports on the significant increase in aggressive online behaviors among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, the current research aimed at providing a more detailed evaluation of the investigations focusing on the cyberbullying prevalence rates published between 2020 and 2023. To this purpose, systematic searches were conducted on four databases (Web of Science, APA PsycInfo, Scopus and Google Scholar), and following PRISMA guidelines, 16 studies were included and qualitatively reviewed. Although studies were characterized by a large variety in cyberbullying operationalization and measurement, and by different methodologies used for data collection, the prevalence rates of the involvement in cyberbullying and/or cybervictimization generally revealed opposite trends: an increase in many Asian countries and Australia and a decrease in Western countries. The findings were also discussed by considering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, some suggestions were provided to policy makers for promoting prevention and intervention anti-cyberbullying programs in school contexts.

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“…In addition, three studies documented psychological stress, stress, and acute stress response related to the COVID-19 pandemic as risk factors for cyberbullying perpetration (Barlett et al, 2021; T. Zhang et al, 2022; Zhang et al, 2021), and two studies demonstrated that loneliness contributed to more cyberbullying victimization (Han et al, 2021; Varela et al, 2022). Additionally, one study found that self-rated health was negatively correlated with cyberbullying victimization (T.…”

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“…Although 21 studies applied validated scales or questionnaires (n = 18), these scales or questionnaires were not unified. Among these studies, Cyberbullying Scale (Yang, 2021;Yang et al, 2022), Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (Vaillancourt et al, 2021;, European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (Maftei et al, 2022;Vejmelka & Matković, 2021), Cyberbullying Questionnaire (Oksanen et al, 2020(Oksanen et al, , 2021, Cyberbullying Experiences Survey (Barlett, Rinker, et al, 2021;Barlett, Simmers, et al, 2021), and Cyberbullying and Online Aggression Survey (Lee et al, 2022;Varela et al, 2022) were used more frequently. The other 12 studies employed twelve different instruments to measure cyberbullying.…”

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“…Anxiety and depression were both positively associated with cyberbullying victimization (Espinoza, 2022;Fadhli et al, 2022;Varela et al, 2022) and perpetration (Teng et al, 2021;Wang et al, 2022). In addition, three studies documented psychological stress, stress, and acute stress response related to the COVID-19 pandemic as risk factors for cyberbullying perpetration Zhang et al, 2021), and two studies demonstrated that loneliness contributed to more cyberbullying victimization (Han et al, 2021;Varela et al, 2022). Additionally, one study found that self-rated health was negatively correlated with cyberbullying victimization (T. .…”

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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Increase or Decrease the Global Cyberbullying Behaviors? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Huang

Zhang

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Although cyberbullying is an emerging public health problem, it is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic affects cyberbullying. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cyberbullying, to estimate the global cyberbullying prevalence and to explore factors related to cyberbullying during the COVID-19 pandemic. We searched the Medline, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, Eric, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Wanfang, Chinese CNKI, and EBSCO databases to identify relevant empirical studies published between 2019 and 2022. A total of 36 studies were included. Quality assessment, meta-analyses, and subgroup analyses were conducted. The pooled prevalences were 16% for overall cyberbullying, 18% for victimization and 11% for perpetration during the COVID-19 pandemic, which were lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The pooled prevalence of postpandemic cyberbullying perpetration is lower in children than in adults. In addition, both virus- and lockdown-related stressors were the main factors contributing to cyberbullying. The COVID-19 crisis may reduce cyberbullying, and the pooled prevalence of cyberbullying during the pandemic in adults is higher than in children and adolescents. In addition, the transient-enduring factor model of postpandemic cyberbullying built in this review could help identify people at high risk of cyberbullying during public health emergencies.

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Victims of Cyberbullying: Feeling Loneliness and Depression among Youth and Adult Chileans during the Pandemic

Cited by 19 publications

References 90 publications

Prevalence and Predictors of Cyberbullying in Middle and High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prevalence and Predictors of Cyberbullying in Middle and High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Increase or Decrease the Global Cyberbullying Behaviors? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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