Peer Victimisation and Depressive Symptoms: Can Specific Coping Strategies Buffer the Negative Impact of Cybervictimisation?

Autor/inn/en	Machmutow, Katja; Perren, Sonja; Sticca, Fabio; Alsaker, Francoise D.
Titel	Peer Victimisation and Depressive Symptoms: Can Specific Coping Strategies Buffer the Negative Impact of Cybervictimisation?
Quelle	In: Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 17 (2012) 3-4, S.403-420 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2752
DOI	10.1080/13632752.2012.704310
Schlagwörter	Depression (Psychology); Coping; Grade 7; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Victims; Bullying; Longitudinal Studies; Risk; Internet; Adolescents; Correlation; Peer Relationship; Foreign Countries; Prediction; Social Support Groups; Family Relationship; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewältigung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Victim; Opfer; Mobbing; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Risiko; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Peer-Beziehungen; Ausland; Vorhersage; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Schweiz
Abstract	This longitudinal study investigated whether cybervictimisation is an additional risk factor for depressive symptoms over and beyond traditional victimisation in adolescents. Furthermore, it explored whether certain coping strategies moderate the impact of cybervictimisation on depressive symptoms. A total of 765 Swiss seventh graders (mean age at time-point 1 (t1) = 13.18 years) reported on the frequency of traditional and cybervictimisation, and of depressive symptoms twice in six months. At time-point 2 (t2) students also completed a questionnaire on coping strategies in response to a hypothetical cyberbullying scenario. Analyses showed that both traditional and cybervictimisation were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms. Cybervictimisation also predicted increases in depressive symptoms over time. Regarding coping strategies, it was found that helpless reactions were positively associated with depressive symptoms. Moreover, support seeking from peers and family showed a significant buffering effect: cybervictims who recommended seeking close support showed lower levels of depressive symptoms at t2. In contrast, cybervictims recommending assertive coping strategies showed higher levels of depressive symptoms at t2. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10