How Past Cyber Victimization Affects Bystanders’ Position Taking in Offline Bullying Situations: A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-concept and Social Support

Cybervictimization in Relation to Self and Other Protection and Response Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Look at an Age-Diverse National Sample

“…Experiencing cybervictimization may function to raise awareness of the need to intervene and advocate for oneself and others, in essence, providing a pathway to changed positionality and even, in some cases, facilitating post-traumatic growth after victimization (Westphal & Bonanno, 2007). Supporting this, a direct relationship between self-reported cybervictimization and greater willingness to intervene in witnessed situations has been reported for U.S. and Chinese male and female early adolescents (Batanova et al, 2014;Cui et al, 2022). To our knowledge, however, these associations have not yet been studied among older adolescents and adults in the U.S.…”

“…However, the associations among these three behaviors have received relatively little attention, especially in adult, rather than child-focused samples, and in cybervictimization, rather than in other types of aggressive, in-person situations. There is also growing recognition that roles within these situations can transform across time, with prevention specialists highlighting the need to focus on the association between one’s own cybervictimization experiences and subsequent engagement in bystander intervention strategies for others (Cui et al, 2022).…”