TY  - GEN
A1  - Wachs, Sebastian
A1  - Vazsonyi, Alexander T.
A1  - Wright, Michelle F.
A1  - Ksinan Jiskrova, Gabriela
T1  - Cross-National Associations Among Cyberbullying Victimization, Self-Esteem, and Internet Addiction
BT  - Direct and Indirect Effects of Alexithymia
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - The relationship among cyberbullying victimization, lower self-esteem, and internet addiction has been well-established. Yet, little research exists that explains the nature of these associations, and no previous work has considered the inability to identify or describe one’s emotions, namely, alexithymia, as a potential mediator of these links. The present study sought to investigate the indirect effects of cyberbullying victimization on self-esteem and internet addiction, mediated by alexithymia. The sample consisted of 1,442 participants between 12 and 17 years (Mage = 14.17, SD = 1.38, 51.5% male) from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. Results showed a direct relationship between cyberbullying victimization and self-esteem and an indirect association mediated by alexithymia in the Dutch sample. However, in the German and U.S. samples, only an indirect relationship via alexithymia, but not a direct effect of cyberbullying victimization on self-esteem, was found. Consistent across the three country samples, cyberbullying victimization and internet addiction were directly and also indirectly associated via alexithymia. In sum, findings indicate that alexithymia might help better understand which detrimental effects cyberbullying victimization has on adolescent psychological health. Thus, cyberbullying prevention programs should consider implementing elements that educate adolescents on the ability to identify and describe their own emotions.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 651 
KW  - cyberbullying victimization
KW  - alexithymia
KW  - self-esteem
KW  - internet addiction
KW  - adolescents
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-474382
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 651
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wachs, Sebastian
A1  - Vazsonyi, Alexander T.
A1  - Wright, Michelle F.
A1  - Ksinan Jiskrova, Gabriela
T1  - Cross-National Associations Among Cyberbullying Victimization, Self-Esteem, and Internet Addiction
BT  - Direct and Indirect Effects of Alexithymia
JF  - Frontiers in Psychology
N2  - The relationship among cyberbullying victimization, lower self-esteem, and internet addiction has been well-established. Yet, little research exists that explains the nature of these associations, and no previous work has considered the inability to identify or describe one’s emotions, namely, alexithymia, as a potential mediator of these links. The present study sought to investigate the indirect effects of cyberbullying victimization on self-esteem and internet addiction, mediated by alexithymia. The sample consisted of 1,442 participants between 12 and 17 years (Mage = 14.17, SD = 1.38, 51.5% male) from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. Results showed a direct relationship between cyberbullying victimization and self-esteem and an indirect association mediated by alexithymia in the Dutch sample. However, in the German and U.S. samples, only an indirect relationship via alexithymia, but not a direct effect of cyberbullying victimization on self-esteem, was found. Consistent across the three country samples, cyberbullying victimization and internet addiction were directly and also indirectly associated via alexithymia. In sum, findings indicate that alexithymia might help better understand which detrimental effects cyberbullying victimization has on adolescent psychological health. Thus, cyberbullying prevention programs should consider implementing elements that educate adolescents on the ability to identify and describe their own emotions.
KW  - cyberbullying victimization
KW  - alexithymia
KW  - self-esteem
KW  - internet addiction
KW  - adolescents
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01368
SN  - 1664-1078
VL  - 11
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -