Developmental Trajectories of Cybervictimization Among Canadian Adolescents

The Impact of Socializing Online and Sharing Personal Information

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ID6417864
AuthorsBowen Xiao (0000-0001-6766-714X, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada), Jennifer D Shapka (0000-0001-8914-6951, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada)
Year2024
Volume30
Issue1
Pages76-87
Publication date2024-06-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cfs.13207
OpenAlexW4399356077
LanguageEN
References cited83

The goal of the present study was to investigate the developmental trajectories of cybervictimization, as well as to identify how risk factors such as the sharing of personal information online and engaging in online socializing was related to cybervictimization from age 13 to 16 for Canadian adolescents. Participants included 354 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia who were in Grades 6 and 7 at Wave 1 of the study (193 boys, M age = 13.65 years, SD = 0.71 year). Three years of longitudinal data on cybervictimization, sharing personal information online and time spent socializing online were collected from self‐reports surveys. Results from latent class growth analysis identified three different trajectories of cybervictimization: a moderate‐increasing trajectory (49 adolescents, 12.7% of the sample), low‐increasing trajectory (292 adolescents, 75.8% of the sample) and high‐decreasing trajectory (13 adolescents, 3.44% of the sample). Adolescents who reported higher scores on sharing personal information and socializing online were more likely to be in moderate‐increasing subgroup. This study makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the developmental trajectories of cybervictimization in a Western context, from late childhood through to early adolescent

Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Geography · Longitudinal study · Sample (material · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Development and Digital Technology · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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