ArticleJournal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing2020
Sleep Quality as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Cyber Victimization and Depression.
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- Association between cybervictimization and sleep quality in a national sample of U.S. young people: examining the moderating role of in-person and social media emotional support.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- The impact of online toxicity on the school ecosystem: an integrative review and conceptual framework.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Cyberbullying victimization and perceived academic stress among vocational college students: the mediating roles of anxiety, insomnia, and self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- ADHD Symptoms and Sleep Problems During Middle Childhood: The Indirect Effect of Peer Victimization.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Sleep-Related Concerns Mediate the Association Between Cyber-Sexual Victimization and Psychological Distress Among Diverse University Students.Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking · 2025Article
- Longitudinal association between adolescent sexual identity and sleep quality: The mediating roles of peer victimization and perceived social support.Sleep health · 2025Article
- Linking Daily Victimization to Daily Affect Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality and Disturbance.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Loneliness and nervousness mediated the longitudinal association between sleep disorders and cyberbullying victimization in school-aged adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The role of victimisation and sleep quality in self-harm and depression among sexual minority adolescents. A prospective cohort study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- The relationship between adolescent sleep duration and exposure to school bullying: the masking effect of depressive symptoms.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Insomnia and distress as mediators on the relationship from cyber-victimization to self-reported psychotic experiences: a binational study from Tunisia and Lebanon.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Adolescent Social Media Use: Pitfalls and Promises in Relation to Cybervictimization, Friend Support, and Depressive Symptoms.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2022Article
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purposeCyber victimization is a national mental health concern, especially among adolescents who are digital natives. The current study examined sleep quality as a mediator of the association between cyber victimization and depressive symptoms among adolescents. DESIGN AND
methodA prospective study design was utilized with a community sample of adolescents (N = 801; 57% female; mean age = 14.45, SD = .85) from the eastern United States. Participants completed (a) the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; (b) the Cyber Victimization Scale; and (c) the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised via online surveys at baseline and 6-month follow-up. The inter-relationship between variables was analyzed by Hayes' mediation approach.
findingsCyber victimization was not directly associated with having depressive symptoms 6 months later when controlling for adolescents' poor sleep quality, sex, and age (direct effect [c'] = .012, t(676) = 1.12, p < .05, confidence interval [CI] -.008, .036). The mediation analysis indicated a significant indirect effect of poor sleep quality on the relationship between cyber victimization and depressive symptoms (ab = .005, bootstrapped standard error [SE] = .003, bootstrapped CI .001, .011; a is the effect of cyber victimization on poor sleep quality; b is the effect of poor sleep quality on depressive symptoms). Specifically, adolescents' cyber victimization led to poor sleep quality (a = .039, SE = .041, p < .05), which also led to increased depressive symptoms (b = .116, SE = .019, p < .001), after controlling for depressive symptoms at baseline, sex, and age. The indirect effect of cyber victimization on depressive symptoms was estimated through poor sleep quality (a*b = .039(.116) = .0045).
conclusionsThe findings suggest that poor sleep quality may be a mechanism through which cyber bullying is related prospectively to depressive symptoms. Interventions for cyber-victimized adolescents should include assessment of sleep quality and incorporate sleep hygiene education. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Adolescents should be screened for cyber victimization and sleep quality. Moreover, promotion of sleep hygiene among cyber-victimized adolescents may help to reduce depression.
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