SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2024
Traditional bullying and cyberbullying in the digital age and its associated mental health problems in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.
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- Effectiveness of bullying prevention-associated interventions among children and adolescents: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of social media use among rural US adolescents and associated health outcomes.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Cyberbullying Victimization and Mental Health Symptoms Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- The representation of adolescent social media use: a systematic review and content analysis of UK newspaper articles.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Umbrella review of meta-analyses on the risk factors, protective factors, consequences and interventions of cyberbullying victimization.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- Literature review on psychological interventions in school bullying: evaluating new trends and challenges.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Testing the Evaluation of the Testimony of the Global Evaluation System in Bullying Cases.Psychosocial intervention · 2026Trial
- Everyone should get to know that it's okay to feel bad: adolescents' and parents' experiences of participating in a preventive emotion regulation skills training in a Swedish school setting - a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- Sexual and gender identity differences in mental health concerns as a function of social media use and cyberbullying among U.S. youth.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of the Renkli Adımlar Game- and Drama-Based Program for Preventing Peer Bullying and Promoting Empathy: A Pilot School-Level Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bullying and Cyberbullying in Childhood and Adolescence: A Narrative Review and Proposed Clinical Response Framework.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Are Online Social Experiences Associated With General Interpersonal Problems? A Circumplex Assessment.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- The State of Evidence in Digital Hate Research: An Umbrella Review.Communication research · 2026Review
- Negative Online Experiences and Reporting Rates in Youth With Mental Health Conditions.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- Adolescent Psychosocial Profiles and Early Cyberbullying Histories: Longitudinal Associations and Patterns of Change Across Development.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Perceptions of School Safety and Teachers' Responses in the Context of Appearance-Based Bullying: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study.Aggressive behavior · 2026Article
- Big Five traits and cyberbullying severity as predictors of cyberbystander behavior among adults in the U.S.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The role of bullying victimization in youth suicide: A scoping review of empirical evidence.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Longitudinal pattern of bullying and cyberbullying victimization and perpetration in adolescence: a multi-method approach from the Bullying and Youth Mental Health Naples Study (BYMHNS).BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Digital gender violence and family honor coercion: cyberbullying and digital blackmail among Palestinian women.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Bullying is a risk factor for the physical and mental health of adolescents. The advent of new technologies has resulted in a brand-new type of bullying, cyberbullying (CB). The co-occurring effects of cyberbullying and traditional bullying(TB) forms of bullying on adolescent mental health are unclear. We performed a meta-analysis to explore the unique and combined effects of CB and TB on adverse psychological outcomes in victims by conducting a joint study of both types of bullying. By doing so, we provide the basis for a comprehensive community bullying prevention program. The database PubMed, PsyclNFO, and Web of Science were searched for studies from 2010 to 2021. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting guideline was followed for data abstraction, and the NIH tool was used to evaluate study-level risk of bias. 42 studies with 266,888 participants were identified. Random-Effect models were used for our study. The moderator analysis was used to explore the moderator of prevalence. Studies with three groups of victims (TB only, CB only, and Both) and two groups of victims (TB and CB) were compared in subgroup analysis. The mean victimization rate was 24.32% (95% CI 20.32-28.83%) for TB and 11.10% (95% CI 9.12-13.44%) for CB. Roughly one-third of TB victims were also victimized by CB. Conversely, only about one-third of CB victims were free from TB. The estimated ORs for depression, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and self-harm in the three-group (TB only, CB only and Both) analysis were: depression [TB only: 3.33 (2.22-5.00); CB only: 3.38 (2.57-4.46); Both: 5.30 (2.43-11.56)]; suicidal ideations [TB only: 3.08 (2.12-4.46); CB only: 3.52 (2.38-5.20); Both: 6.64 (4.14-10.64)]; self-harm [TB only: 2.70 (1.86-3.91); CB only: 3.57 (3.20-3.98); Both: 5.57 (2.11-16.00)]; and suicide attempts: [TB only: 2.61 (1.50-4.55); CB only: 3.52 (2.50-4.98); Both: 7.82 (3.83-15.93)]. TB and CB victimization among youth are a matter of public health concern. Victimization appears to be a marker of greater psychopathological severity, particularly suicide-related issues.
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