Childhood Victimization: Modeling the Relation Between Classroom Victimization, Cyber Victimization, and Psychosocial Functioning
Childhood Victimization: Modeling the Relation Between Classroom Victimization, Cyber Victimization, and Psychosocial Functioning
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DOI：
10.1037/a0029482
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
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通讯作者：
Cohen, Robert
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作者：
Jackson, Corrie L.;Cohen, Robert
儿童越来越多地使用计算机技术，许多人正在经历同龄人的在线攻击行为。新闻媒体的报道记录了网络受害的实例，社会科学家已经开始研究其特点和后果。本研究评估了一个全面的概念模型的受害在两个不同的背景下（在线网络受害和传统的，面对面的，课堂上的受害）和心理社会功能之间的关系。共有192名儿童在三至六年级完成了自我报告和同侪报告的措施，根据他们的经验与传统的受害，网络受害，并对他们的心理功能。结果表明，在这些相对年轻的年龄相当大的流行网络受害。没有性别差异，指出儿童的经验与网络受害;男性比女性更有可能经历传统的受害。虽然有些儿童可能在这两种情况下都经历过受害，但网络受害和传统受害在统计上并没有显著的相关性。使用结构方程模型，结果表明，传统的受害和网络受害的每一个独特的和显着的负性心理社会功能。更具体地说，在这两种情况下的受害率较高的孤独和较低的乐观率的同伴关系，友谊的数量，和社会接受的同行。目前的研究结果有重要的意义，网络受害的理解，以及未来的研究方向。
Children are increasingly using computer technologies, and many are experiencing online aggressive acts from their peers. The news media reports have documented instances of cyber victimization and social scientists have started to examine its characteristics and consequences. The present research evaluated a comprehensive conceptual model of the relation between victimization in two separate contexts (online cyber victimization and traditional, face-to-face, classroom victimization) and psychosocial functioning. A total of 192 children in the third through sixth grades completed self-report and peer-report measures, based on their experiences with traditional victimization, cyber victimization, and on their psychosocial functioning. The results indicated a fairly large prevalence of cyber victimization at these relatively young ages. No gender differences were noted for children's experiences with cyber victimization; males were more likely than females to experience traditional victimization. Although some children may have experienced victimization in both contexts, cyber victimization and traditional victimization were not statistically significantly related. Using structural equation modeling, results indicated that traditional victimization and cyber victimization were each uniquely and significantly related to negative psychosocial functioning. More specifically, victimization in both contexts was related to higher rates of loneliness and lower rates of optimism about peer relations, number of friendships, and social acceptability by peers. Results of the current study have important implications for the understanding of cyber victimization, as well as possible directions for future research.