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Toxic Ties

Networks of Friendship, Dating, and Cyber Victimization

Bibliographic Data

ID5768433
AuthorsD Felmlee (0000-0003-4211-0489, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, corresponding author), Robert Faris (University of California, Davis, CA, USA)
Year2016
Volume79
Issue3
Pages243-262
Publication date2016-08-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Psychology Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-2725 • E-ISSN: 1939-8999
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0190272516656585
OpenAlexW2512142190
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited53

We examine instances of youth cyber aggression, arguing that the close relationships of friendship and romance substantially influence the chances of being targeted. We investigate networks of friendship, dating, and aggression among a sample of 788 eighth- to twelfth-grade students in a longitudinal study of a New York school. Approximately 17 percent reported some involvement in cyber aggression within the past week. LGBTQ youth were targeted at a rate over four times that of their heterosexual peers, and females were more frequent victims than males. Rates of cyber aggression were 4.3 times higher between friends than between friends of friends. According to both an exponential random graph model and a lagged, network MRQAP regression, electronic attacks emerged far more frequently between current or former friends and dating partners, presumably due to competition, revenge, or attempts to fend off romantic rivals

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Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
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