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Cyberbullying and Psychological Well-being in Young Adolescence: The Potential Protective Mediation Effects of Social Support from Family, Friends, and Teachers

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  • Karin Hellfeldt

    (School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden)

  • Laura López-Romero

    (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

  • Henrik Andershed

    (School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden)

Abstract

In the current study, we tested the relations between cyberbullying roles and several psychological well-being outcomes, as well as the potential mediation effect of perceived social support from family, friends, and teachers in school. This was investigated in a cross-sectional sample of 1707 young adolescents (47.5% girls, aged 10–13 years, self-reporting via a web questionnaire) attending community and private schools in a mid-sized municipality in Sweden. We concluded from our results that the Cyberbully-victim group has the highest levels of depressive symptoms, and the lowest of subjective well-being and family support. We also observed higher levels of anxiety symptoms in both the Cyber-victims and the Cyberbully-victims. Moreover, we conclude that some types of social support seem protective in the way that it mediates the relationship between cyberbullying and psychological well-being. More specifically, perceived social support from family and from teachers reduce the probability of depressive and anxiety symptoms, and higher levels of social support from the family increase the probability of higher levels of subjective well-being among youths being a victim of cyberbullying (i.e., cyber-victim) and being both a perpetrator and a victim of cyber bullying (i.e., cyberbully-victim). Potential implications for prevention strategies are discussed.

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  • Karin Hellfeldt & Laura López-Romero & Henrik Andershed, 2019. "Cyberbullying and Psychological Well-being in Young Adolescence: The Potential Protective Mediation Effects of Social Support from Family, Friends, and Teachers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2019:i:1:p:45-:d:299813
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    1. Eloy López-Meneses & Esteban Vázquez-Cano & Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar & Emilio Abad-Segura, 2020. "Socioeconomic Effects in Cyberbullying: Global Research Trends in the Educational Context," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-31, June.
    2. Escario, José-Julián & Rodriguez-Sanchez, Carla & Sancho-Esper, Franco & Barlés-Arizón, María-José, 2023. "A quantitative analysis of factors related to adolescent cybervictimization in Spain: A multilevel logistic regression approach," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    3. Alberto Valido & Dorothy L. Espelage & Jun Sung Hong & Matthew Rivas-Koehl & Luz E. Robinson, 2020. "Social-Ecological Examination of Non-Consensual Sexting Perpetration among U.S. Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-19, December.
    4. Sarah E. Domoff & Stacey B. Armstrong & Heide Rollings & Amy Mancuso & Mary B. Pacheco & Russell Fridson & Carol A. Janney, 2024. "Problematic and Harmful Social Media Use among Adolescents Receiving Intensive Psychiatric Care," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(10), pages 1-14, October.
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    6. Matteo Angelo Fabris & Claudio Longobardi & Rosalba Morese & Davide Marengo, 2022. "Exploring Multivariate Profiles of Psychological Distress and Empathy in Early Adolescent Victims, Bullies, and Bystanders Involved in Cyberbullying Episodes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-14, August.

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