Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA.
Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 12;16(14):2493. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16142493.
Cyber victimization research reveals various personal and contextual correlations and negative consequences associated with this experience. Despite increasing attention on cyber victimization, few studies have examined such experiences among ethnic minority adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of ethnicity in the longitudinal associations among cyber victimization, school-belongingness, and psychological consequences (i.e., depression, loneliness, anxiety). These associations were investigated among 416 Latinx and white adolescents (46% female; age = 13.89, = 0.41) from one middle school in the United States. They answered questionnaires on cyber victimization, school belongingness, depression, loneliness, and anxiety in the 7th grade (Time 1). One year later, in the 8th grade (Time 2), they completed questionnaires on depression, loneliness, and anxiety. Low levels of school-belongingness strengthened the positive relationships between cyber victimization and Time 2 depression and anxiety, especially among Latinx adolescents. The positive association between cyber victimization and Time 2 loneliness was strengthened for low levels of school-belongingness for all adolescents. These findings may indicate that cyber victimization threatens adolescents' school-belongingness, which has implications for their emotional adjustment. Such findings underscore the importance of considering diverse populations when examining cyber victimization.
网络受害研究揭示了与这种经历相关的各种个人和背景相关性以及负面后果。尽管人们越来越关注网络受害问题，但很少有研究调查少数民族青少年的此类经历。本研究旨在检验种族在网络受害、学校归属感与心理后果（即抑郁、孤独、焦虑）之间的纵向关联中的调节作用。这些关联在来自美国一所中学的 416 名拉丁裔和白人青少年（46%为女性；年龄=13.89，=0.41）中进行了调查。他们在 7 年级（时间 1）回答了关于网络受害、学校归属感、抑郁、孤独和焦虑的问卷。一年后，即 8 年级（时间 2），他们完成了关于抑郁、孤独和焦虑的问卷。低水平的学校归属感加强了网络受害与时间 2 抑郁和焦虑之间的正相关关系，尤其是在拉丁裔青少年中。对于所有青少年来说，网络受害与时间 2 孤独之间的正相关关系因学校归属感水平较低而加强。这些发现可能表明，网络受害会威胁到青少年的学校归属感，这对他们的情绪调整有影响。这些发现强调了在研究网络受害问题时考虑不同人群的重要性。
