Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study looked at how adolescents cope with in-person bullying and cyberbullying to determine if the same helpful and unhelpful coping strategies appear to be the same or different for each situation.Participants were 321 adolescent 7 th and 8 th graders (51% males, 69% white) at the time of data collection.Exposure to in-person and cyberbullying situations, controllability over the situation, coping skills, and efficacy were measured via adolescent report.Adolescents reported using more coping strategies overall to deal with in-person stressors than cyberbullying stressors.Interaction effects show that adolescents report using more problem solving, retaliation, distraction, and distancing for in-person stressors, but they used social support-friend more for cyberbullying stressors.Adolescents perceived higher levels of controllability for inperson bullying than cyberbullying.Trends indicated that problem solving and social support-family/adult coping strategies were used significantly more for cyberbullying problems that were perceived as controllable vs. those perceived as uncontrollable.However, there were no significant interactions between coping strategy by controllability.Coping efficacy was positively predicted by positive coping (problem solving, social support-friend, social support-family) and distraction for in-person bullying and it was predicted by positive coping and controllability over the stressor for cyberbullying.Coping efficacy was negatively predicted by retaliation strategies for both in-person bullying and cyberbullying were negatively predicted.First and foremost, I would like to thank my advisor, Eric Dubow.I have learned a lot about research and myself throughout this process.The skills he has taught me will continue to influence me throughout my career.In addition, I would also like to thank my committee members, Carolyn Tompsett and Anne Gordon, for their time and constructive criticism.Their thoughts and ideas about this project challenged me to think about things in a different way that proved to be incredibly helpful.Also, I would like to thank the administration and staff that provided me with the opportunity to collect data at their school.They were incredibly helpful and supportive throughout the duration of my study.I would also like to thank Morgan Dynes and Alan Davis for their unfaltering help with data collection.And last, but not least, I would like to especially thank my friends and family for supporting me from beginning to end. .
Author: Stacey L. Bradbury
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2600493361