Cyberbullying in a Multicultural Context—Forms, Strain, and Coping Related to Ethnicity-Based Cybervictimization

Schultze-Krumbholz, Anja; Pfetsch, Jan S.; Lietz, Katrin

Cyberbullying in a Multicultural Context—Forms, Strain, and Coping Related to Ethnicity-Based Cybervictimization

dc.contributor.author	Schultze-Krumbholz, Anja
dc.contributor.author	Pfetsch, Jan S.
dc.contributor.author	Lietz, Katrin
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-06T12:53:27Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-06T12:53:27Z
dc.date.issued	2022-06-10
dc.date.updated	2022-06-24T06:09:10Z
dc.description.abstract	Cyberbullying is repeated aggression via digital media. There is extensive research analyzing forms of cyberbullying (e.g., relational or picture-based cyberbullying) and coping reactions (e.g., passive coping, seeking social support, retaliation). However, the mechanisms of cyberbullying in a multicultural society are not well-understood yet. Studies from the US show lower rates of cybervictimization for ethnic minorities, but comparable outcomes, studies from outside the US show different results. The present study focuses on the prevalence of ethnic/racist motives for cybervictimization as compared to non-ethnic/racist motives among adolescent students in a sample from Germany. Moreover, this study examines whether students with a migration background experience more strain and employ the same coping strategies as students without a migration background. An ethnically diverse sample of N = 348 adolescents, aged M = 14.1 (SD = 1.2) years, 50% males, completed a questionnaire about cyberbullying, perceived strain, motives for cybervictimization and coping behavior. Twenty-one percentage of the sample had no, 14% had a first-generation, and 66% had a second-generation migration background. Adolescents with a migration background generally reported higher levels of all victimization motives. No difference in perceived strain was found between the migration status groups. Ethnicity-based motives only significantly predicted ethnic/racist victimization, while dispute-related motives predicted all types of cybervictimization. First-generation migration background, ethnicity-based cybervictimization and perceived strain all played an important role in the different coping strategies. In sum, ethnic/racist cybervictimization seems prevalent especially among first generation adolescents, who are affected in a comparable manner as non-immigrants. Adolescents with a first-generation migration background seem to be especially vulnerable. Prevention and intervention efforts should focus on functional coping strategies especially for this group on the one hand. On the other hand, evidence-based intervention programs should be implemented to reduce bias and ethnicity-/race-based perpetration and victimization to foster successful acculturation and integration.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	DFG, 414044773, Open Access Publizieren 2021 - 2022 / Technische Universität Berlin	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2297-900X
dc.identifier.uri	https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/17192
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-15971
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychologie	de
dc.subject.other	ethnic/racial	en
dc.subject.other	bias	en
dc.subject.other	cyberbullying	en
dc.subject.other	cybervictimization	en
dc.subject.other	migration status	en
dc.subject.other	coping strategies	en
dc.title	Cyberbullying in a Multicultural Context—Forms, Strain, and Coping Related to Ethnicity-Based Cybervictimization	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.version	publishedVersion	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber	846794	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi	10.3389/fcomm.2022.846794	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle	Frontiers in Communication	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername	Frontiers	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace	Lausanne	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume	7	en
tub.accessrights.dnb	free	en
tub.affiliation	Fak. 1 Geistes- und Bildungswissenschaften::Inst. Erziehungswissenschaft::FG Pädagogische Psychologie	de
tub.affiliation.faculty	Fak. 1 Geistes- und Bildungswissenschaften	de
tub.affiliation.group	FG Pädagogische Psychologie	de
tub.affiliation.institute	Inst. Erziehungswissenschaft	de
tub.publisher.universityorinstitution	Technische Universität Berlin	en