“…Some specific groups, such as the young adults, the elderly, women, people living alone, people with personal constraints related to social skills, people with low income, and residents in the urban environment, are at risk of loneliness (de Jong Gierveld, 1998;Beutel et al, 2017;Bu et al, 2020). Some recent studies have indicated that the experience of being victimized is associated with loneliness among the youth (Cole et al, 2021), and moreover, the victimization experience in childhood can lead to loneliness during childhood and even early adulthood (Matthews et al, 2020). Regarding cyberbullying in specific, only one study from Spain has reported positive correlations between cybervictimization, loneliness, and poor school adjustment (Cañas et al, 2020).…”