Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures
Cyberbullying victimization and perpetration are associated with poor mental health outcomes for adolescents, including depressive symptoms, anxiety, and suicide ideation. Although most cyberbullying occurs at home, few interventions have been developed for parents of adolescents. We examined parent...
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| author | Jennifer L. Doty Amy L. Gower Renee E. Sieving Shari L. Plowman Barbara J. McMorris |
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| description | Cyberbullying victimization and perpetration are associated with poor mental health outcomes for adolescents, including depressive symptoms, anxiety, and suicide ideation. Although most cyberbullying occurs at home, few interventions have been developed for parents of adolescents. We examined parental connectedness and parental online monitoring in relation to cyberbullying victimization and perpetration, with the goal of understanding how parents buffer young teens from involvement in cyberbullying. We leveraged data from an existing study involving three racially and ethnically diverse middle schools in a metropolitan area in the Midwest of the U.S. (<i>n</i> = 570). In the spring of sixth grade, students reported on cyberbullying involvement, parental connectedness, and parental monitoring. Greater parental connectedness was related to a lower likelihood of cyberbullying victimization and perpetration in logistic regression models. Parental monitoring of online activities was not related to cyberbullying victimization but was marginally related to a lower likelihood of cyberbullying perpetration. Results suggest that cyberbullying prevention programs should consider ways to foster parent/youth connectedness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ceb3be5e200a402f8ae4c9d60d37070c2022-12-22T00:58:31ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602018-12-0171226510.3390/socsci7120265socsci7120265Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental FiguresJennifer L. Doty0Amy L. Gower1Renee E. Sieving2Shari L. Plowman3Barbara J. McMorris4Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USAHealthy Youth Development-Prevention Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USAHealthy Youth Development-Prevention Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USAHealthy Youth Development-Prevention Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USAHealthy Youth Development-Prevention Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USACyberbullying victimization and perpetration are associated with poor mental health outcomes for adolescents, including depressive symptoms, anxiety, and suicide ideation. Although most cyberbullying occurs at home, few interventions have been developed for parents of adolescents. We examined parental connectedness and parental online monitoring in relation to cyberbullying victimization and perpetration, with the goal of understanding how parents buffer young teens from involvement in cyberbullying. We leveraged data from an existing study involving three racially and ethnically diverse middle schools in a metropolitan area in the Midwest of the U.S. (<i>n</i> = 570). In the spring of sixth grade, students reported on cyberbullying involvement, parental connectedness, and parental monitoring. Greater parental connectedness was related to a lower likelihood of cyberbullying victimization and perpetration in logistic regression models. Parental monitoring of online activities was not related to cyberbullying victimization but was marginally related to a lower likelihood of cyberbullying perpetration. Results suggest that cyberbullying prevention programs should consider ways to foster parent/youth connectedness.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/12/265cyberbullyingparentingadolescenceparental monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer L. Doty Amy L. Gower Renee E. Sieving Shari L. Plowman Barbara J. McMorris Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures Social Sciences cyberbullying parenting adolescence parental monitoring |
| title | Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures |
| title_full | Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures |
| title_fullStr | Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures |
| title_short | Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures |
| title_sort | cyberbullying victimization and perpetration connectedness and monitoring of online activities protection from parental figures |
| topic | cyberbullying parenting adolescence parental monitoring |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/12/265 |
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