Developing the Cyberostracism Scale and Examining its Psychometric Characteristics

Hatun, Osman; Demirci, İbrahim

doi:10.1007/s11469-020-00426-6

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“…In a study carried out by Niu et al on 1626 adolescents, the level of cyberostracism was reported to be higher (20). Similar results were reported in a previous study carried out in Turkey on university students (15). In the present study, different from the literature, the level of cyberostracism was found to be higher among women.…”

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Cyberostracism and Self-Esteem: A Study on Medical Faculty Students in Western Turkey

Oktar¹,

Ünsal²,

Arslantaş³

et al. 2021

Osmangazi̇ Journal of Medicine

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The technological advancements of this era made the use of Internet an essential part of our lives. It is known that the Internet is used for social media applications at most. It is thought that the use of social media has increased with the effect of decreasing face-to-face socialization due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the period, in which the present study was carried out. The use of social media plays an important role in the socialization and the development of belongingness and self-esteem in online groups but it also brings several threats with it. One of these threats is cyberostracism, which is defined as not belonging to a group in social media, being ignored, and being ostracized. The present study is a cross-sectional one carried out with students studying in the Medical Faculty of Eskişehir Osmangazi University in educational year of 2020-2021. Ethics committee approval was obtained. The study group involved 1092 students. Making use of the literature, a questionnaire form was prepared. The questionnaire was filled out online by students. The data analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test, Spearman's Correlation Analysis, and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. 593 (54.3%) of the students were female. Their ages were ranging between 17 and 27 years and the mean age was found to be 21.6±2.0 years. The scores in the cyberostracism scale range between 14 and 70 points and the mean score was 24.8±9.9 points. The social media applications used most during the day were Instagram, WhatsApp, and YouTube. In advanced analyses, character type, family type, devoting time for hobbies during the day, face-to-face communication with friends, behaviors of parents towards the participant, age of the first use of a smartphone, time of smartphone use in a day, and creating a social media membership by concealing the identity were found to be the predictors of cyberostracism. A negative relationship was found between students' level of cyberostracism and self-esteem. The increase in the use of internet and social media applications also brought the concept of "digital health" forward. This subject is important for public health. It is recommended to develop intervention programs in order to protect from the harmful effects of social media and decrease cyberostracism.

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“…By making use of the literature, a questionnaire form was prepared as a data collection instrument (2,(13)(14)(15)(16). The questionnaire form consists of three sections.…”

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Cyberostracism and Self-Esteem: A Study on Medical Faculty Students in Western Turkey

Oktar¹,

Ünsal²,

Arslantaş³

et al. 2021

Osmangazi̇ Journal of Medicine

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“…Virtual communities that enable adolescents to build a sense of belonging can also exclude and ostracize many others. The phenomenon of cyberostracism (19,20), where individuals are ignored or excluded during online interactions, leads to adolescents feeling angry and aggressive (21), and even victimized leading to feelings of unworthiness and depression (22). In a recent study of cyberostracism and well-being in a Chinese university context (23), cyberostracism undermined their well-being and their need satisfaction, which is the essential source for facilitating a fully functioning state (24).…”

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Commonly reported negative experiences on social media are associated with poor mental health and well-being among adolescents: results from the “LifeOnSoMe”-study

Skogen

Andersen

Finserås

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionCyberbullying has been extensively studied and is associated with adverse mental health outcomes in adolescents. However, adolescents may also experience a range of other negative experiences, such as name-calling, threats, exclusion, and unwanted attention or contact from others. Few studies have investigated how adolescents’ mental health is affected by these relatively common and less severe types of negative experiences on social media (SOME). To assess the association between mental health outcomes and two aspects of negative experiences on SOME; unwanted attention and negative acts and exclusion.MethodsThis study is based on a survey conducted in 2020/21 consisting of 3,253 Norwegian adolescents (56% female, Mage = 17 years). Eight statements about negative experiences on SOME were asked and combined into two composite measures: “Unwanted attention from others” and “Negative acts and exclusion.” Dependent variables in regression models were symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression, and mental well-being. Covariates in all models included age, gender, subjective socioeconomic status, and amount of SOME-use.ResultsBoth “negative acts and exclusion” and “unwanted attention from others” on SOME were consistently positively associated with self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety, and negatively associated with mental well-being in both crude and adjusted analysis.DiscussionThe results are indicative of an important relationship between experiencing negative events on SOME, even presumably less severe events, and worse mental health and well-being. Future research should extricate the potential causal relationship between negative experiences on SOME and mental health, as well as exploring potential precipitating and intermediating factors.

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“…The main limitation of this study arises from the manipulation of the experiment, which involved asking participants to imagine themselves as the main character in a short story about cyber-ostracism. Although the modified scenario manipulation used by Smith et al (2017) succeeded in evoking feelings of abandonment and ignored participants in conditions of exclusion, other measurement methods (Hatun & Demirci, 2020) and paradigms, such as Ostracism Online developed by Wolf et al (2015, in Wang et al, 2022, can provide an alternative. This Ostracism Online paradigm has the potential to present an interaction condition similar to the established Cyberball paradigm.…”

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Cancelled: Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on the Mental Condition of Instagram Users

Yusainy,

Putri,

Fadliilah

et al. 2023

psy

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This study aims to determine the effect of social media cancellation or cyber-ostracism on the mental condition of Instagram users based on the temporal need-threat model, as well as to assess the potential role of trait mindfulness in managing its negative effects. University student participants (M age = 21.248; SD = 1.21) were divided into cyber-ostracism scenario (n = 180) versus inclusion scenario (n = 179) groups and were required to complete the mood, four basic needs, and trait mindfulness scales. The results showed that cyber-ostracism had greater impact on the threat of the four basic needs compared to the mood of participants. Furthermore, trait mindfulness was found to predict lower threats to the needs of belonging, control, and meaningful existence, but not to self-esteem. The results also showed that the inclusion of trait mindfulness reduced the influence of cyber-ostracism on the fulfillment of control needs. These findings are expected to contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of cyber-ostracism and its emotional effects, as well as bridge the gap between the public phenomenon of cancel culture and ostracism literature.

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Developing the Cyberostracism Scale and Examining its Psychometric Characteristics

Cited by 9 publications

References 56 publications

Cyberostracism and Self-Esteem: A Study on Medical Faculty Students in Western Turkey

Cyberostracism and Self-Esteem: A Study on Medical Faculty Students in Western Turkey

Commonly reported negative experiences on social media are associated with poor mental health and well-being among adolescents: results from the “LifeOnSoMe”-study

Cancelled: Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on the Mental Condition of Instagram Users

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