Electronic and School-Based Victimization: Unique Contexts for Adjustment Difficulties During Adolescence
Electronic and School-Based Victimization: Unique Contexts for Adjustment Difficulties During Adolescence
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-010-9569-7
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发表时间：
2011-04-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Gilman, Rich
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作者：
Fredstrom, Bridget K.;Adams, Ryan E.;Gilman, Rich
以前的研究表明，基于学校的受害和电子受害具有相似的负面后果，但尚不清楚这两种背景是否与青少年的适应存在重叠或独特的联系。802名九年级学生(43%为男性，平均年龄=15.84岁)，大多数是高加索人(82%)，完成了评估学校和电子受害者流行率的措施，以及关于自尊、自我效能、焦虑、抑郁症状和控制点的自我报告。结果显示，大多数青少年没有报告在电子环境(75.3%)或学校(72.9%)中受到伤害。在这两种情况下，受害与较低的自尊和自我效能感以及较高的压力、焦虑、抑郁症状和控制点有关。重要的是，即使在控制了基于学校的受害之后，电子受害仍然是所有结果衡量标准的重要预测因素。不同类型的电子受害者也与不同的心理结果有关。研究结果表明，随着学校和卫生官员继续与同伴受害的影响作斗争，区分受害背景和具体的适应结果是很重要的。
Previous research suggests that school-based and electronic victimization have similar negative consequences, yet it is unclear whether these two contexts offer overlapping or unique associations with adolescents' adjustment. 802 ninth-graders (43% male, mean age = 15.84 years), majority being Caucasian (82%), completed measures assessing the prevalence of school and electronic victimization, as well as self-reports on self-esteem, self-efficacy, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and locus of control. Results revealed that the majority of adolescents did not report being victimized in either the electronic (75.3%) or the school (72.9%) context. Victimization in both contexts was associated with lower self-esteem and self-efficacy as well as higher stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and locus of control. Importantly, even after controlling for school-based victimization, electronic victimization remained as a significant predictor for all outcome measures. Different types of electronic victimization were also associated with different psychological outcomes. The findings suggest that it is important to distinguish between victimization contexts and specific adjustment outcomes as school and health officials continue to battle the effects of peer victimization.