The Relationship Between the Length of Recovery from Cyberbullying and the Number of Assistive Strategies Employed by Victims and the Quality of Self-perceived Assistive Strategies

Abstract

Along with a series of derivative issues it brings about, cyberbullying is increasingly garnering the attention of the academic community. In the present study, the relationship between the recovery duration from cyberbullying and the auxiliary strategies selected by the victims was primarily focused on. This study examined the impact of exposure duration to cyberbullying on recovery time, the role of therapeutic dependency, and the effectiveness of perceived self-help strategies in a sample population from China, mainly comprising university students. Research indicates not only a correlation between longer exposure to cyberbullying and extended recovery time but also a negative correlation between the perceived effectiveness of self-help strategies and recovery time. However, there was no support for the hypothesis that predicts a decrease in recovery time with the application of various therapeutic strategies. The study suggests the possibility of therapeutic dependency and repeated revisiting of traumatic experiences prolonging recovery.