Gardella, J. H., Fisher, B. W., & Teurbe-Tolon, A. R. (2017). A systematic review and meta-analysis of cyber-victimization and educational outcomes for adolescents. Review of Educational Research, 87(2), 283-308.
The current study was written by three college teachers. Gardella, Fisher, and Teurbe-Tolon (2017) were rather interested in the fact that more and more teenagers use the Internet in unsupervised ways. This, in perspective, increases the chances of victimization due to the private nature of the modern Internet. Even though the authors of the article understand the full effect of in-person victimization on any given teenager, the impact of cybervictimization cannot be estimated yet due to numerous factors that are underresearched (Gardella et al., 2017). The target population of their research included a sample of adolescents (from 12 to 17), and the investigation was focused on the educational outcomes of those individuals. To obtain the most comprehensive results, Gardella et al. (2017) conducted a meta-analysis and a systematic review to address the principle of cybervictimization at all possible levels. They also took into consideration several other meta-analyses to make the best use of the previous findings regarding the associations between the key three staples: school attendance, cybervictimization, and academic achievements. Summarizing the findings of the research, the investigators were able to reach the verdict regarding the fact that such factors as gender, age, and ethnicity did not impact the severity of victimization. The variance in results was practically indistinguishable. Gardella et al. (2017) knowledgeably used the concept of victimization and broadly addressed the discussion regarding the future of cybervictimization. The contributions of this research consist in the fact that problem behavior can be positively associated victimization and academic underachievement. Gardella et al. (2017) also majorly contributed to the research on the influence of different substances on the occurrence of cybervictimization and paved the way for the future research on the subject.
Sargent, K. S., Krauss, A., Jouriles, E. N., & McDonald, R. (2016). Cyber victimization, psychological intimate partner violence, and problematic mental health outcomes among first-year college students. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 19(9), 545-550.
This research was conducted by a number of college and university teachers. In their article, Sargent, Krauss, Jouriles, and McDonald (2016) reviewed the association between the concepts of cybervictimization and negative mental health outcomes. The researchers connected these two notions to the occurrence of psychological intimate partner violence as well (Sargent et al., 2016). Within the framework of their study, the researchers conducted a qualitative content analysis to examine the links between cybervictimization and depressive symptoms/ inconsiderate behavior. Sargent et al.’s (2016) research turned out to be in line with the polyvictimization theory as the investigators were able to validate all the connections. Moreover, the researchers were focused on proving that each of the concepts mentioned above contributed to any given individual’s behavioral model and the development of depressive symptoms. The target population of Sargent et al.’s (2016) research included 342 participants who all were first-year college students. The sample was asked to complete questionnaires to help the researchers to identify the trends inherent in the occurrence of victimization among the youth. The findings of the research proved that intimate partner violence and cybervictimization were directly related to each other. According to Sargent et al. (2016), both of the concepts mentioned above contributed to the development of depressive symptoms. Yet, cybervictimization exclusively impacted the expansion of an antisocial behavioral model. The study turned out to be pioneering in terms of establishing the associations between mental health problems and cybervictimization. Also, the contributions of Sargent et al.’s (2016) study include a detailed description of victimization experience and how depressive symptoms may develop based on mere cybervictimization. Nonetheless, according to the authors of the article, cybervictimization still has to be researched further as there are numerous blind spots.
Yanagida, T., Gradinger, P., Strohmeier, D., Solomontos-Kountouri, O., Trip, S., & Bora, C. (2016). Cross-national prevalence of traditional bullying, traditional victimization, cyberbullying and cyber-victimization: Comparing single-item and multiple-item approaches of measurement. International Journal of Developmental Science, 10(1-2), 21-32.
This research was conducted by a number of college and university teachers. In their article, Sargent, Krauss, Jouriles, and McDonald (2016) reviewed the association between the concepts of cybervictimization and negative mental health outcomes. The researchers connected these two notions to the occurrence of psychological intimate partner violence as well (Sargent et al., 2016). Within the framework of their study, the researchers conducted a qualitative content analysis to examine the links between cybervictimization and depressive symptoms/ inconsiderate behavior. Sargent et al.’s (2016) research turned out to be in line with the polyvictimization theory as the investigators were able to validate all the connections. Moreover, the researchers were focused on proving that each of the concepts mentioned above contributed to any given individual’s behavioral model and the development of depressive symptoms. The target population of Sargent et al.’s (2016) research included 342 participants who all were first-year college students. The sample was asked to complete questionnaires to help the researchers to identify the trends inherent in the occurrence of victimization among the youth. The findings of the research proved that intimate partner violence and cybervictimization were directly related to each other. According to Sargent et al. (2016), both of the concepts mentioned above contributed to the development of depressive symptoms. Yet, cybervictimization exclusively impacted the expansion of an antisocial behavioral model. The study turned out to be pioneering in terms of establishing the associations between mental health problems and cybervictimization. Also, the contributions of Sargent et al.’s (2016) study include a detailed description of victimization experience and how depressive symptoms may develop based on mere cybervictimization. Nonetheless, according to the authors of the article, cybervictimization still has to be researched further as there are numerous blind spots.
References
Gardella, J. H., Fisher, B. W., & Teurbe-Tolon, A. R. (2017). A systematic review and meta-analysis of cyber-victimization and educational outcomes for adolescents. Review of Educational Research, 87(2), 283-308.
Sargent, K. S., Krauss, A., Jouriles, E. N., & McDonald, R. (2016). Cyber victimization, psychological intimate partner violence, and problematic mental health outcomes among first-year college students. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 19(9), 545-550.
Yanagida, T., Gradinger, P., Strohmeier, D., Solomontos-Kountouri, O., Trip, S., & Bora, C. (2016). Cross-national prevalence of traditional bullying, traditional victimization, cyberbullying and cyber-victimization: Comparing single-item and multiple-item approaches of measurement. International Journal of Developmental Science, 10(2), 21-32.