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Cyber victimization and well-being in adolescents: The sequential mediation role of forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying

Cyber victimization is an important problem among adolescents and it can have negative effects on well-being. However, efforts to increase the well-being of cyber victims have been increasing in recent years. It is important to uncover the underlying mechanisms that may affect the well-being of cybe...

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Autores principales: Eroglu, Yüksel, Peker, Adem, Cengiz, Serkan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36467151
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.819049
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Peker, Adem
Cengiz, Serkan
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description Cyber victimization is an important problem among adolescents and it can have negative effects on well-being. However, efforts to increase the well-being of cyber victims have been increasing in recent years. It is important to uncover the underlying mechanisms that may affect the well-being of cyber victims. This study used the transactional model of stress and coping theory as a conceptual framework, and proposed that hope and coping strategies are sequential mediators for the effects of cyber-victimization on well-being. A total of 337 students aged between 14 and 19 participated in this research (Mage = 16.56). We used the Cyber Victimization Scale, the Forgiveness Scale for Adolescents, the Scale for Coping with Cyber Bullying, and the Well-Being Scale as data collection tools. Pearson Correlation was used to examine the relationships between cyber victimization, coping with cyberbullying, well-being and forgiveness. Afterward, measurement modeling was done using AMOS 22.0 and the PROCESS macro was used for hypothesis testing. The results show that there is a negative relationship between cyber victimization and forgiveness, coping with cyberbullying, and well-being. In addition, forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying was found to have a sequential mediating effect on the relationship between cyber victimization and well-being. The research results provide information on how to increase the well-being of adolescents experiencing cyber victimization.
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spelling pubmed-97162182022-12-03 Cyber victimization and well-being in adolescents: The sequential mediation role of forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying Eroglu, Yüksel Peker, Adem Cengiz, Serkan Front Psychol Psychology Cyber victimization is an important problem among adolescents and it can have negative effects on well-being. However, efforts to increase the well-being of cyber victims have been increasing in recent years. It is important to uncover the underlying mechanisms that may affect the well-being of cyber victims. This study used the transactional model of stress and coping theory as a conceptual framework, and proposed that hope and coping strategies are sequential mediators for the effects of cyber-victimization on well-being. A total of 337 students aged between 14 and 19 participated in this research (Mage = 16.56). We used the Cyber Victimization Scale, the Forgiveness Scale for Adolescents, the Scale for Coping with Cyber Bullying, and the Well-Being Scale as data collection tools. Pearson Correlation was used to examine the relationships between cyber victimization, coping with cyberbullying, well-being and forgiveness. Afterward, measurement modeling was done using AMOS 22.0 and the PROCESS macro was used for hypothesis testing. The results show that there is a negative relationship between cyber victimization and forgiveness, coping with cyberbullying, and well-being. In addition, forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying was found to have a sequential mediating effect on the relationship between cyber victimization and well-being. The research results provide information on how to increase the well-being of adolescents experiencing cyber victimization. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9716218/ /pubmed/36467151 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.819049 Text en Copyright © 2022 Eroglu, Peker and Cengiz. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Cyber victimization and well-being in adolescents: The sequential mediation role of forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying
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title_full Cyber victimization and well-being in adolescents: The sequential mediation role of forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying
title_fullStr Cyber victimization and well-being in adolescents: The sequential mediation role of forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying
title_full_unstemmed Cyber victimization and well-being in adolescents: The sequential mediation role of forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying
title_short Cyber victimization and well-being in adolescents: The sequential mediation role of forgiveness and coping with cyberbullying
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36467151
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.819049
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