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Coping with Public and Private Face-to-Face and Cyber Victimization among Adolescents in Six Countries: Roles of Severity and Country

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  • Michelle F. Wright

    (DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
    Dublin City University, D09 Dublin, Ireland)

  • Sebastian Wachs

    (Dublin City University, D09 Dublin, Ireland
    University of Potsdam, 14469 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Takuya Yanagida

    (University of Vienna, 1010 Wien, Austria)

  • Anna Ševčíková

    (Masaryk University, 60177 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Lenka Dědková

    (Masaryk University, 60177 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Fatih Bayraktar

    (Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta 99628, Turkey)

  • Ikuko Aoyama

    (Tsuru University, Tsuru, Yamanashi 402-8555, Japan)

  • Shanmukh V. Kamble

    (Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka 580003, India)

  • Hana Macháčková

    (Masaryk University, 60177 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Zheng Li

    (Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100021, China)

  • Shruti Soudi

    (Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka 560029, India)

  • Li Lei

    (Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China)

  • Chang Shu

    (Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China)

Abstract

This study investigated the role of medium (face-to-face, cyber) and publicity (public, private) in adolescents’ perceptions of severity and coping strategies (i.e., avoidant, ignoring, helplessness, social support seeking, retaliation) for victimization, while accounting for gender and cultural values. There were 3432 adolescents (ages 11–15, 49% girls) in this study; they were from China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, and the United States. Adolescents completed questionnaires on individualism and collectivism, and ratings of coping strategies and severity for public face-to-face victimization, private face-to-face victimization, public cyber victimization, and private cyber victimization. Findings revealed similarities in adolescents’ coping strategies based on perceptions of severity, publicity, and medium for some coping strategies (i.e., social support seeking, retaliation) but differential associations for other coping strategies (i.e., avoidance, helplessness, ignoring). The results of this study are important for prevention and intervention efforts because they underscore the importance of teaching effective coping strategies to adolescents, and to consider how perceptions of severity, publicity, and medium might influence the implementation of these coping strategies.

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  • Michelle F. Wright & Sebastian Wachs & Takuya Yanagida & Anna Ševčíková & Lenka Dědková & Fatih Bayraktar & Ikuko Aoyama & Shanmukh V. Kamble & Hana Macháčková & Zheng Li & Shruti Soudi & Li Lei & Cha, 2022. "Coping with Public and Private Face-to-Face and Cyber Victimization among Adolescents in Six Countries: Roles of Severity and Country," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:21:p:14405-:d:962506
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