TY - JOUR
T1 - Cybervictims' emotional responses, attributions, and coping strategies for cyber victimization
T2 - A qualitative approach
AU - Wright, Michelle Faye
PY - 2016/7/11
Y1 - 2016/7/11
N2 - Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to understand cybervictims' attributions, emotional responses, and coping strategies for cyberbullying incidents that they actually experienced. Design/methodology/approach - There were 76 cybervictims (51 percent girls) between the ages of 12 and 14 included in this study. Adolescents participated in one-on-one interviews to provide comprehensive information about their attributions, emotional responses, and coping strategies for their actual experiences of cyberbullying. Findings - Findings from the study revealed that cybervictims felt insecure and paranoid after experiencing cyber victimization. Cybervictims attributed to their experience of cyberbullying to drama or a fight between themselves and the perpetrators as well as being targeted by an ex-significant other or ex-friend seeking revenge against them for relationship dissolution. They also used adaptive (e.g. social support) and maladaptive (e.g. revenge) coping strategies to deal with cyber victimization, sometimes utilizing a combination of these strategies. Originality/value - The findings of this study could help with the design of intervention and prevention programs designed to reduce or prevent the negative effects of cyberbullying.
AB - Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to understand cybervictims' attributions, emotional responses, and coping strategies for cyberbullying incidents that they actually experienced. Design/methodology/approach - There were 76 cybervictims (51 percent girls) between the ages of 12 and 14 included in this study. Adolescents participated in one-on-one interviews to provide comprehensive information about their attributions, emotional responses, and coping strategies for their actual experiences of cyberbullying. Findings - Findings from the study revealed that cybervictims felt insecure and paranoid after experiencing cyber victimization. Cybervictims attributed to their experience of cyberbullying to drama or a fight between themselves and the perpetrators as well as being targeted by an ex-significant other or ex-friend seeking revenge against them for relationship dissolution. They also used adaptive (e.g. social support) and maladaptive (e.g. revenge) coping strategies to deal with cyber victimization, sometimes utilizing a combination of these strategies. Originality/value - The findings of this study could help with the design of intervention and prevention programs designed to reduce or prevent the negative effects of cyberbullying.
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U2 - 10.1108/SC-03-2016-0006
DO - 10.1108/SC-03-2016-0006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84983334772
SN - 1757-8043
VL - 15
SP - 160
EP - 169
JO - Safer Communities
JF - Safer Communities
IS - 3
ER -