Journal Article

Peer Cybervictimization Among Adolescents and the Associated Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: A Meta-Analysis

Fisher, Benjamin W., Gardella, Joseph H., Teurbe-Tolon, Abbie R.

2016

Overview

Numerous adolescents in the United States experience peer cybervictimization, which is associated with a series of internalizing (e.g., depression, anxiety, anger) and externalizing (e.g., aggression, substance use, risky sexual behavior) problems. The current study provides a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing research on these relationships. Included in the meta-analyses are 239 effect sizes from 55 reports, representing responses from 257,678 adolescents. The results of a series of random effects meta-analyses using robust variance estimation indicated positive and significant relationships between peer cybervictimization and a series of internalizing and externalizing problems, with point estimates of this relationship ranging from Pearson’s r  = .14 to .34. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Adolescent / Adolescents / Aggression / Aggression - psychology / Aggressiveness / Anger / Anxiety / Anxiety - psychology / Behavior / Behavior Disorders / Behavior problems / Behavioral Science and Psychology / Bullying / Bullying - statistics & numerical data / Child and School Psychology / Child development / Children & youth / Clinical Psychology / Crime Victims - psychology / Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data / Cross-Sectional Studies / Cyberbullying / Departments / Depression - psychology / Education / Effect Size / Emotional Problems / Empirical Research / Female / Health Psychology / Hispanic Americans / History of Psychology / Humans / Hyperactivity / Internal-External Control / Law and Psychology / Life Satisfaction / Loneliness / Longitudinal Studies / Male / Meta Analysis / Organizational Development / Peer Group / Peer Relationship / Psychology / Repetition / Self esteem / Sexual behavior / Social networks / Social Problems / Substance abuse / Substance-Related Disorders - psychology / Suicidal behavior / Suicidal ideation / Suicide / Suicides & suicide attempts / Systematic review / Teenagers / United States / Unsafe Sex - psychology / Victimization / Victims of Crime