Emerging Risks of Violence in the Digital Age

Berson, Ilene R.; Berson, Michael J.; Ferron, John M.

doi:10.1300/j202v01n02_04

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“…What is revealed from the current results however, is that, whether due to cognitive distortion or not, almost 40% of young people who report major depressive symptomatology also report feeling very or extremely upset or afraid as a direct result of an unwanted sexual solicitation compared to 21% of young people who report mild/absent symptoms of depression ( P < .05). Further, recent research about the grooming of children for cyber-victimization [9,10] indicates that it is vitally important that online sexual solicitation be neither marginalized nor viewed as a contrived problem. Transcripts from online dialogues convey the truly-threatening aspects of some of these interchanges [9].…”

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Sex Differences in Youth-Reported Depressive Symptomatology and Unwanted Internet Sexual Solicitation

Ybarra¹,

Leaf²,

Diener‐West³

2004

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundAs the number of youths using the Internet regularly increase, so too does the number of youths potentially vulnerable to negative experiences online. Clinicians, policy makers, and parents need to better understand the Internet and factors related to positive and negative experiences online.ObjectivePrimarily to investigate the association between youth-reported depressive symptomatology and unwanted Internet sexual solicitation and secondarily to identify sex differences in related characteristics of affected youth.MethodsData from the Youth Internet Safety Survey were analyzed to investigate the association between reported depressive symptomatology and unwanted Internet sexual solicitation. The Youth Internet Safety Survey was a nationally-representative, cross-sectional telephone survey. Youth participants (N = 1501) were English speakers between the ages of 10 and 17 years who had accessed the Internet at least 6 times in the previous 6 months and had resided in the household for at least 2 weeks in the previous year. Eighty-two percent of contacted households agreed to participate.Each participant was asked to indicate whether any of the 9 symptoms of major depression defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) had been present within the previous month. Logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of reporting an unwanted sexual solicitation online for youths with mild or major depressive symptomatology versus no symptomatology. A parsimonious, multivariate model of significant youth characteristics was identified separately for males and females.ResultsYouths who report major depressive-like symptoms were 3.5 times more likely (odds ratio, 3.54; 95% confidence interval, 2.19-5.71) to also report an unwanted sexual solicitation online compared to youths with mild/no symptomatology. After adjusting for significant Internet and psychosocial characteristics, male Internet users who report major depressive-like symptomatology were 2.5 times more likely to also indicate an unwanted Internet solicitation (adjusted odds ratio, 2.72; 95% CI, 1.15-6.40); significant differences were not observed among otherwise-similar females. Further, among youths reporting an Internet solicitation (N = 283), youths with major depressive-like symptomatology were twice as likely to report feeling emotionally distressed by the incident compared to youths with mild/no symptomatology (odds ratio, 2.27; 95% CI, 1.03-5.02).ConclusionsWhile the majority of youths report positive experiences online, some youths may be more vulnerable to negative experiences. Cross-sectional results indicate that the report of depressive symptomatology is significantly related to the concurrent report of an unwanted Internet sexual solicitation, especially for young males. Future research should focus on parsing out the temporality of events and identifying additional populations of vulnerable youths online.

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“…Berson et al [10] conducted a survey of adolescent girls who use the Internet in the effort to begin understanding their experiences of sexual solicitation online. The Web-based study included recruitment messages on Seventeen Magazine Online.…”

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Sex Differences in Youth-Reported Depressive Symptomatology and Unwanted Internet Sexual Solicitation

Ybarra¹,

Leaf²,

Diener‐West³

2004

J Med Internet Res

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“…Although exploring new social contacts and conversations in social media and showing pictures of themselves focusing on their physical attractiveness may support important developmental goals in adolescence , their disclosing character also seems to evoke negative feedback from peers. It thus seems that previous studies correctly labeled such behaviors as risky (e.g., Berson et al, 2002;Livingstone & Helsper, 2007;Sasson & Mesch, 2014). Subsequently, we investigated which adolescents (based on several demographic, dispositional, and social factors) engaged in these online behaviors that would put them more at risk of receiving negative feedback.…”

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“…Although social initiation and posting of personal pictures can elicit positive reactions from others, the likelihood of receiving negative feedback is higher compared to other ''safer'' online behavior. Adolescents who engage in these behaviors may, consequently, be more vulnerable to negative consequences (e.g., Berson, Berson, & Ferron, 2002;Livingstone & Helsper, 2007), such as receiving negative online peer feedback, or being victimized online (Mesch, 2009). In the present study, we, therefore, hypothesize two behaviors as potential predictors of receiving negative feedback: (a) online social exploration and, (b) risky online self-presentation.…”

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“…First, we identified which online behaviors are particularly related to receiving negative online peer feedback. We add to previous studies into adolescents' risky online behavior (Berson et al, 2002;Livingstone & Helsper, 2007;Mesch, 2009;Sasson & Mesch, 2014) by linking specific behaviors to the risk of receiving negative feedback messages from peers. Knowing which behaviors are most likely to induce negative online feedback is essential for prevention and intervention strategies, as it gives directions on which online activities should be the focus of such strategies aimed at preventing and reducing possible negative consequences of adolescents' social media use.…”

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Adolescents’ comments in social media: Why do adolescents receive negative feedback and who is most at risk?

Koutamanis

Vossen

Valkenburg

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“We're not gonna be friends anymore”: Associations between viewing relational aggression on television and relational aggression in text messaging during adolescence

Coyne

Ehrenreich

Holmgren

et al. 2019

Aggressive Behavior

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A number of studies suggest that adolescents who view relational aggression on television are more likely to engage in higher levels of subsequent relational aggression in social interactions. This research examined longitudinal associations between viewing relational aggression on television and relationally aggressive behavior in text messaging over a one-year period during adolescence. Participants were 197 adolescents who completed a number of questionnaires regarding media use and aggression. Adolescents were each given a Blackberry device and a sample of text messages was coded for aggressive behavior. Results revealed that exposure to relational aggression on television was associated with higher levels of relational aggression in texting one year later, but only for girls. Results are discussed with reference to the General Aggression Model.

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Emerging Risks of Violence in the Digital Age

Cited by 114 publications

References 8 publications

Sex Differences in Youth-Reported Depressive Symptomatology and Unwanted Internet Sexual Solicitation

Sex Differences in Youth-Reported Depressive Symptomatology and Unwanted Internet Sexual Solicitation

Adolescents’ comments in social media: Why do adolescents receive negative feedback and who is most at risk?

“We're not gonna be friends anymore”: Associations between viewing relational aggression on television and relational aggression in text messaging during adolescence

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