Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between cybervictimization, family functioning, and self-concept in adolescents, while taking the gender perspective into account. A study was conducted with a sample of 8115 adolescents, aged between 11 and 16 years (M = 13.34; SD = 1.04) from the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. A MANOVA 3 × 2 was performed to analyze the data. The results showed that family functioning, family self-concept, and academic self-concept were higher when cybervictimization was low. It was also observed that, in situations of cybervictimization, the girls had lower family self-concept, lower academic self-concept, and lower family functioning than the boys. The results that were obtained and their implications are discussed in the final section.
Highlights
In recent decades, advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have very rapidly changed the way people interact and communicate with each other
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Summary
Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have very rapidly changed the way people interact and communicate with each other. Smartphones—mobile phones with Internet access—virtual social media, and instant messaging, are part of their daily lives and they provide them with a connected environment for development and socialization (Livingstone et al 2011; Wachs et al 2016). This incursion of ICT in the day-to-day lives of adolescents has many negative effects, such as, for example, Internet addiction and behaviors that are associated with cyberbullying (Aricak and Ozbay 2016; Martínez-Ferrer et al 2018). One specific characteristic of cyberbullying is the higher prevalence of aggressive cybervictims, since the Internet provides victims with tools to defend themselves and counterattack, displaying behaviors that
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