title: Peer Cybervictimization Among Adolescents and the Associated Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: A Meta-Analysis.
abstract: Numerous adolescents in the United States experience peer cybervictimization, which is associated with a series of internalizing (e.g., depression, anxiety, anger) and externalizing (e.g., aggression, substance use, risky sexual behavior) problems. The current study provides a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing research on these relationships. Included in the meta-analyses are 239 effect sizes from 55 reports, representing responses from 257,678 adolescents. The results of a series of random effects meta-analyses using robust variance estimation indicated positive and significant relationships between peer cybervictimization and a series of internalizing and externalizing problems, with point estimates of this relationship ranging from Pearson's r = .14 to .34. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminal Justice, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third Street, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA. ben.fisher@louisville.edu.
authors.forename: Benjamin W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Peabody #90, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Gardella
authors.affiliation: United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, 250 Venture Circle, Nashville, TN, 37228, USA.
authors.forename: Abbie R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Teurbe-Tolon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Cyberbullying; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Meta-analysis; Online victimization