TY - JOUR
T1 - Toxic Ties
T2 - Networks of Friendship, Dating, and Cyber Victimization
AU - Felmlee, Diane
AU - Faris, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © American Sociological Association 2016.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - We examine instances of youth cyber aggression, arguing that the close relationships of friendship and romance substantially influence the chances of being targeted. We investigate networks of friendship, dating, and aggression among a sample of 788 eighth- to twelfth-grade students in a longitudinal study of a New York school. Approximately 17 percent reported some involvement in cyber aggression within the past week. LGBTQ youth were targeted at a rate over four times that of their heterosexual peers, and females were more frequent victims than males. Rates of cyber aggression were 4.3 times higher between friends than between friends of friends. According to both an exponential random graph model and a lagged, network MRQAP regression, electronic attacks emerged far more frequently between current or former friends and dating partners, presumably due to competition, revenge, or attempts to fend off romantic rivals.
AB - We examine instances of youth cyber aggression, arguing that the close relationships of friendship and romance substantially influence the chances of being targeted. We investigate networks of friendship, dating, and aggression among a sample of 788 eighth- to twelfth-grade students in a longitudinal study of a New York school. Approximately 17 percent reported some involvement in cyber aggression within the past week. LGBTQ youth were targeted at a rate over four times that of their heterosexual peers, and females were more frequent victims than males. Rates of cyber aggression were 4.3 times higher between friends than between friends of friends. According to both an exponential random graph model and a lagged, network MRQAP regression, electronic attacks emerged far more frequently between current or former friends and dating partners, presumably due to competition, revenge, or attempts to fend off romantic rivals.
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U2 - 10.1177/0190272516656585
DO - 10.1177/0190272516656585
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84983239047
SN - 0190-2725
VL - 79
SP - 243
EP - 262
JO - Social Psychology Quarterly
JF - Social Psychology Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -