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Publication Date: 2018
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Cybervictimization, Self-Esteem, and Social Relationships among German Secondary School Students
Lohbeck, Annette; Petermann, Franz
Journal of School Violence, v17 n4 p472-486 2018
By differentiating between five specific forms of cybervictimization (denigration, betrayal, social exclusion, cyberstalking, happy slapping), the present study examined the multifaceted structure of cybervictimization and specific relationships of these five forms of cybervictimization with students' self-esteem and social relationships. Moreover, mediating effects of self-esteem were explored. Factor analyses supported the five-factor structure. Self-esteem and social relationships were negatively related to almost all five forms of cybervictimization. However, hierarchical regression analysis showed that only student-student relationships were negatively predictive of social exclusion, while only teacher-student relationships were negatively predictive of denigration, betrayal, and cyberstalking. Further, self-esteem appeared to be a negative predictor and mediator of denigration and social exclusion. Girls experienced more betrayal than boys. Older students reported lower social exclusion but more cyberstalking than younger students.
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Self Esteem, Victims, Gender Differences, Social Isolation, Age Differences, Interpersonal Relationship, Prediction, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Self Concept Measures, Teacher Student Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale
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