Reflective smartphone disengagement as a coping strategy against cyberbullying
A cross-country study with emerging adults from the United States and Indonesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6443471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maryam Khaleghipour (0000-0001-5337-0820, University of Vienna, corresponding author), Kevin Koban (0000-0002-9275-9270, University of Vienna), Anja Stevic (0000-0001-9703-2225, University of Vienna), Jörg Matthes (0000-0001-9408-955X, University of Vienna) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 5640-5658 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448241254015 |
| PMID | 41041385 |
| OpenAlex | W4399086935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 60 |
Cyberbullying is a highly prevalent phenomenon among emerging adults, and it may lead to severe psychosocial harm for some targets. Understanding how emerging adults can cope with cyberbullying by altering their media use but without risking one of their crucial social lifelines, mobile social media, during the process is essential. To this end, this study examines a stress-coping process that involves cyberbullying as a stressor and reflective smartphone disengagement as a well-balanced coping strategy, accounting for gender-related, dispositional, and cultural specificities of emerging adults (aged 16–25, N = 4029) from the United States and Indonesia. With substantial invariance across countries, findings show that cyberbullying is related to higher perceived stress, especially for men and people with high levels of self-esteem, which, then again, is associated with reflective smartphone disengagement, in particular among American men and people with higher self-esteem
Coping (psychology · Disengagement theory · Political science · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Development and Digital Technology · Clinical Psychology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |