RT Article
T1 Cybervictimization across relationships and contexts: a focus on victimization within dating relationships during early adolescence
JF Violence and victims
VO 40
IS 3
SP 455
OP 476
A1 Garthe, Rachel C.
A1 Kim, Shongha
A1 Klingenberg, Jennea Bivens
A1 Zhang, Saijun
A1 Welsh, Madisyn
A1 Jackson, Mykah
A2 Kim, Shongha
A2 Klingenberg, Jennea Bivens
A2 Zhang, Saijun
A2 Welsh, Madisyn
A2 Jackson, Mykah
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1931887748
AB Cybervictimization can occur within friendships, within dating, peer, or family relationships, between strangers, or it can be anonymously perpetrated. However, research examining cybervictimization across these various relationships and contexts—especially the cybervictimization that can occur within dating relationships during early adolescence—remains underdeveloped. The current study examined cybervictimization among a sample of early adolescents in middle school. We also examined if cybervictimization (across relationships and contexts) and traditional forms of victimization (i.e., peer and dating violence that happen offline) were associated with an increased risk for cybervictimization from a dating partner. Participants included 554 early adolescents (49% female) in the sixth and seventh grades at a public middle school in the Midwestern United States during the fall of 2019. Participants were racially diverse (33% African American or Black, 26% White, 15% Hispanic or Latinx, 19% multiracial) and half of the sample had started dating (n = 230). Approximately 59.2% of the sample experienced at least one form of cybervictimization in the past year. Adolescents experienced cybervictimization from friends (39.9%), someone at school (24.4%), a stranger (22.6%), a family member (25.6%), or another perpetrator (20.8%). About 72% of adolescents who started dating experienced at least one form of cybervictimization and about one in four experienced cybervictimization from a dating partner (22.6%). Experiencing offline dating violence and cybervictimization from friends was associated with cybervictimization from a dating partner. Implications are discussed, including the importance of focusing on cybervictimization and dating violence prevention among early adolescents.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 471-476
K1 cyber abuse
K1 dating violence
K1 school violence and bullying
K1 Victimization
DO 10.1891/VV-2022-0108