ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2017
Cyberbullying: a storm in a teacup?
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Traditional bullying and cyberbullying in the digital age and its associated mental health problems in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Cyberbullying and Cybervictimization Prevalence among Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Self-Harm, Suicidal Behaviours, and Cyberbullying in Children and Young People: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Problematic Social Media Use and Depressive Outcomes among College Students in China: Observational and Experimental Findings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Pathological Internet Use-An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients.BioMed research international · 2018Trial
- Not all wounds are visible: Peer bullying and psychopathology in child and adolescent psychotherapy outpatients.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Factors associated with cyberbullying and depression in cybervictimized adolescents and the role of internet gaming disorder.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Associations of bullying victimization with problematic internet gaming and problematic social media use among adolescents: moderators and differences.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- From victimization of traditional bullying to perpetration of cyberbullying: the roles of moral disengagement, social support, and gender.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- From Words to Wounds: Cyberbullying and Its Influence on Mental Health Across the Lifespan.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The prevalence and association of traditional bullying and cyber bullying with mental health among adolescent and youth students in China: a study after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Investigating the Impact of Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying on Suicidal Attempts in Chinese Youth: A Prospective Cohort Study.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Perpetrators and victims of cyberbullying among youth with conduct disorder.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Overcoming Limitations in Peer-Victimization Research That Impede Successful Intervention: Challenges and New Directions.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Science Mapping: A Bibliometric Analysis on Cyberbullying and the Psychological Dimensions of the Self.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Bullying Interrupted: Victimized Students in Remote Schooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of bullying prevention : an official publication of the International Bullying Prevention Association · 2022Article
- Bullying perpetration and victimization associations to suicide behavior: a longitudinal study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Article
- Victimization by traditional bullying and cyberbullying and the combination of these among adolescents in 13 European and Asian countries.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Article
- The experience of bullying among adolescents receiving mental health care: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cyberbullying has been portrayed as a rising 'epidemic' amongst children and adolescents. But does it create many new victims beyond those already bullied with traditional means (physical, relational)? Our aim was to determine whether cyberbullying creates uniquely new victims, and whether it has similar impact upon psychological and behavioral outcomes for adolescents, beyond those experienced by traditional victims. This study assessed 2745 pupils, aged 11-16, from UK secondary schools. Pupils completed an electronic survey that measured bullying involvement, self-esteem and behavioral problems. Twenty-nine percent reported being bullied but only 1% of adolescents were pure cyber-victims (i.e., not also bullied traditionally). Compared to direct or relational victims, cyber-victimization had similar negative effects on behavior (z = -0.41) and self-esteem (z = -0.22) compared to those not involved in bullying. However, those bullied by multiple means (poly-victims) had the most difficulties with behavior (z = -0.94) and lowest self-esteem (z = -0.78). Cyberbullying creates few new victims, but is mainly a new tool to harm victims already bullied by traditional means. Cyberbullying extends the reach of bullying beyond the school gate. Intervention strategies against cyberbullying may need to include approaches against traditional bullying and its root causes to be successful.
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