Anger rumination and unjust world beliefs moderate the association between cyberbullying victimization and psychiatric symptoms

Recent advancements in modern technology have offered a wealth of new possibilities in terms of communication and knowledge acquisition. In addition to the wide range of new opportunities, particular attention has been paid to potential threats such as aggression in cyber-interactions. Cyberbullying, defined as a repeated, aggressive act performed through electronic devices (Tokunaga,  2010), has raised serious concerns due to its negative mental health consequences (Bauman and Bellmore, 2015). According to a recent meta-analysis, the prevalence rates of cyberbullying victimization ranged between 10% and 40% across 165 studies using varying definition, populations, methods, an d time frame to assess the occurrence of cybervictimization (Kowalski et al., 2014).

Source: Psychiatry Research - August 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ágnes Zsila, Róbert Urbán, Zsolt Demetrovics Source Type: research