SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2026
Cyberbullying Victimization and Mental Health Symptoms Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.
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- Identifying predictive factors of cyberbullying perpetration via deep learning: a two-stage training approach to class imbalance with weighted loss.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between cybervictimization, generalized problematic internet use, anxiety, and depression: cross-lagged panel analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sex Differences in the Association Between Childhood Cyberbullying Victimization and College Sexual Assault: Moderating Roles of Parental Monitoring and Relationship with Deviant Peers.Violence against women · 2026Article
- The impact of cyberbullying victimization on social anxiety among college students: the chain mediating roles of fear of negative evaluation and rumination.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cybervictimization, self-esteem, and cyberaggression endorsement in Thai university students: evidence from a two-part zero-inflated model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- When Support Hurts: Re-Examining the Cyberbullying Victimization-Mental Health Relationship Among University Students in Saudi Arabia.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Resilience as meaning-making: Adolescents' experiences of cyberbullying in post-conflict Ambon, Indonesia - a qualitative narrative study.Belitung nursing journal · 2026Article
- Rational choice and situational convergence: an examination of adolescent cyber victimization from an integrated theoretical perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between multiple health-risk indicators and psychological distress among university students: a three-wave cross-lagged study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Comparison of Mental Health and Quality of Life Symptom Networks in Adolescents Exposed and Not Exposed to Cyberbullying: Evidence from Chinese High School Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cybervictimization and eating disorders in university sample in Singapore: a moderated mediation model of deviant peer association and self-esteem.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Cyberbullying victimization and mental health symptoms are major concerns for children and adolescents worldwide. Despite the increasing number of longitudinal studies of cyberbullying and mental health among this demographic, the robustness of the causal associations between cyberbullying victimization and the magnitude of mental health symptoms remains unclear. This meta-analysis investigated the longitudinal impact of cyberbullying victimization on mental health symptoms among children and adolescents. A systematic search identified primary studies published in English between January 2010 and June 2021, yielding a sample of 27 studies encompassing 13,497 children and adolescents aged 8 to 19 years old. The longitudinal association between cyberbullying victimization and mental health symptoms among children and adolescents was found to be weakly positive and consistent across time and age. Three significant moderators were identified: the effect of cyberbullying victimization on mental health was larger among older children, groups with a higher proportion of males, and in more recent publications. No evidence of publication bias was detected. This study adds to the existing body of research by providing a new perspective on the long-term effects of cyberbullying victimization on the mental health of children and adolescents' mental health. Furthermore, it underscores the necessity of developing effective cyberbullying prevention programs, interventions, and legal regulations to comprehensively address this issue.
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