Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 112 S. Copeland St., Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA.
NORC at the University of Chicago, 4350 East-West Highway 8th Floor, USA.
J Adolesc. 2021 Dec;93:202-211. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.10.003. Epub 2021 Nov 19.
There are burgeoning bodies of research on cyberbullying and online sexual harassment. Yet existing work often fails to distinguish between these two unique forms of online victimization, is largely cross sectional, and based on convenience or specialized samples. We examined the prevalence, predictors, and mental health and behavioral consequences of cyberbullying and online sexual harassment using a large, representative sample of adolescents. We also considered the potential compounding effects of multiple forms of victimization, as well as gender differences in the effects of online victimization.
We used nationally representative, longitudinal data from the National Survey on Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV) (n = 1,152), a US-based sample of adolescents 10-18 years old.
Approximately 37% of participants reported being victims of cyberbullying, and nearly 15% reported online sexual harassment experiences. Despite cyberbullying being relatively more common, the risk factors for these two forms of online victimization were similar. In addition, cyberbullying and online sexual harassment victimization were independently associated with the full range of mental health and behavioral problems examined in this investigation. Nevertheless, our findings also provided some evidence of conditional effects, such that female adolescents, and adolescents who experienced both forms of online victimization, suffered greater deleterious outcomes.
Online sexual harassment and cyberbullying victimization have similar risk profiles, and both contribute to heightened risk of mental health and behavioral problems. Yet the prevalence and gendered nature of these experiences underscore the importance of making distinctions. We provide recommendations for future research and programmatic efforts.
关于网络欺凌和网络性骚扰的研究越来越多。然而，现有的研究往往未能区分这两种独特的网络受害形式，且大多是横断面研究，且基于方便或专门的样本。我们使用大量具有代表性的青少年样本，研究了网络欺凌和网络性骚扰的流行率、预测因素以及对心理健康和行为的影响。我们还考虑了多种受害形式的潜在复合效应，以及网络受害对不同性别产生的影响的差异。
我们使用了来自全国青少年关系和亲密暴力调查（STRiV）（n=1152）的全国代表性、纵向数据，这是一个美国的青少年 10-18 岁的样本。
大约 37%的参与者报告说自己是网络欺凌的受害者，近 15%的人报告说有过网络性骚扰经历。尽管网络欺凌相对更为常见，但这两种网络受害形式的风险因素相似。此外，网络欺凌和网络性骚扰的受害与我们调查中研究的所有心理健康和行为问题都独立相关。尽管如此，我们的研究结果也提供了一些条件效应的证据，即女性青少年和同时经历这两种网络受害形式的青少年，遭受的不良后果更为严重。
网络性骚扰和网络欺凌的受害具有相似的风险特征，两者都增加了心理健康和行为问题的风险。然而，这些经历的普遍性和性别特征强调了区分它们的重要性。我们为未来的研究和项目工作提供了建议。
