TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wright, Michelle F.
A1  - Wachs, Sebastian
T1  - Adolescents’ Psychological Consequences and Cyber Victimization
T2  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
N2  - Cyber victimization research reveals various personal and contextual correlations and negative consequences associated with this experience. Despite increasing attention on cyber victimization, few studies have examined such experiences among ethnic minority adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of ethnicity in the longitudinal associations among cyber victimization, school-belongingness, and psychological consequences (i.e., depression, loneliness, anxiety). These associations were investigated among 416 Latinx and white adolescents (46% female; M age = 13.89, SD = 0.41) from one middle school in the United States. They answered questionnaires on cyber victimization, school belongingness, depression, loneliness, and anxiety in the 7th grade (Time 1). One year later, in the 8th grade (Time 2), they completed questionnaires on depression, loneliness, and anxiety. Low levels of school-belongingness strengthened the positive relationships between cyber victimization and Time 2 depression and anxiety, especially among Latinx adolescents. The positive association between cyber victimization and Time 2 loneliness was strengthened for low levels of school-belongingness for all adolescents. These findings may indicate that cyber victimization threatens adolescents’ school-belongingness, which has implications for their emotional adjustment. Such findings underscore the importance of considering diverse populations when examining cyber victimization.
KW  - cyberbullying
KW  - cyber victimization
KW  - depression
KW  - anxiety
KW  - loneliness
KW  - Latinx
KW  - Latino
KW  - adolescents
KW  - ethnic
KW  - ethnic differences
Y1  - 2019
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/43785
SN  - 1661-7827
SN  - 1660-4601
VL  - 16
PB  - MDPI AG
CY  - Basel
ER  -