Is There a Relationship Between Youth Bullying and Internet Addiction? An Integrative Review

Vessey, Judith A.; DiFazio, Rachel; Neil, Laura; Dorste, Anna

doi:10.1007/s11469-021-00731-8

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“…Positive interpersonal interactions and relationships, in particular, can promote developments and adaptations, while negative interpersonal interactions and relationships will lead to adverse consequences, such as anxiety, depression, and so on [ 74 ]. Firstly, the results found that relational victimization was significant and positively associated with video game addiction among female college students, which is consistent with previous studies conducted in the general population or in males [ 24 , 75 ]. Regarding Internet use, it has been well-established that negative life events are distal causes of pathological Internet use based on the Cognitive-Behavioral model [ 16 ].…”

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Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

Niu

Jin

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Video game addiction, a common behavioral problem among college students, has been more prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic; at the same time, females’ video game usage has also attracted considerable research attention. Against this background and under the perspective of social interaction, this study aimed to examine the relationship between relational victimization and video game addiction among female college students, as well as its underlying mechanism—the mediating roles of social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters. Female college students (N = 437) were recruited to complete a set of questionnaires voluntarily in June 2022. Through the mediating effect analysis, the results found that (1) relational victimization was positively associated with female college students’ video game addiction; (2) social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters could independently mediate this relation; (3) social anxiety and parasocial relationships with virtual characters were also the serial mediators in this association. These findings not only expand previous studies by revealing the social motivation of video game usage and the underlying mechanism accounting for video game addiction, but also provide basis and guidance for the prevention and intervention of video game addiction in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

Niu

Jin

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“…Moreover, PUSN has been found to be linked with BV. While BV has been associated with several types of addiction such as nicotine and alcohol dependence, it has also been linked to PUSN as a coping mechanism for dealing with stress and seeking comfort and support in digital world [ 42 , 43 , 44 ].…”

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Does Problematic Use of Social Network Mediate the Association between Bullying Victimization and Loneliness among Lebanese Adolescents?

Eid¹,

Fekih‐Romdhane

Dine

et al. 2023

Children

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(1) Background: Bullying victimization has been associated with several behavioral outcomes, particularly loneliness. Similarly, an increase in social network use has been identified in recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has been shown to be associated with bullying and loneliness. Investigating the mediating factors of loneliness among bullied adolescents is useful for taking preventive measures in the Lebanese population. This study aims to examine the association between bullying victimization and loneliness among Lebanese adolescents while considering the indirect effect of problematic social network use. (2) Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study, between January and April 2022, that enrolled 379 adolescent Lebanese students (64.9% females, mean age 16.07 ± 1.19 years) who were current residents of Lebanon (15 to 18 years), and were from the five governorates of Lebanon (Beirut, Mount Lebanon, North, South and Bekaa). The snowball method was applied to select our sample; an electronic copy of the questionnaire was created using the Google Forms software and an online strategy was designed to collect the data. (3) Results: Negative social comparison and addictive consequences of problematic use of social network mediated the association between bullying victimization and loneliness. Higher bullying victimization was significantly associated with higher negative social comparison and addictive consequences of problematic use of social network, which in turn were significantly associated with more loneliness. Finally, higher bullying victimization was directly significantly associated with more loneliness. (4) Conclusions: Studying the mediating factors of loneliness in bullied adolescents can improve our understanding of this topic, allowing us to propose new interventions to prevent psychological problems in adolescents. Future studies are needed to further clarify the physiological processes that underlie the associations between social triggers and loneliness during adolescence.

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“…School bullying, as one of the serious public health problems in adolescents, effective anti-school bullying interventions are needed in this population through school and family. When we examined the relationship between school bullying and VVGE in Chinese adolescents, we also found that moderate Internet addiction was correlated with both school bullying and VVGE, which indicated that Internet addiction might be a potential mediator in the association between school bullying and VVGE among Chinese adolescents and that VVGE might lead to Internet addiction among the youth, while adolescents addicted to the Internet were most likely to experience school bullying behaviors ( 38 ). Therefore, adolescents with Internet addiction signs should not be overlooked in the early stage of school bullying prevention programs or in preventing excessive video gaming of adolescents.…”

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The association between violent video game exposure and sub-types of school bullying in Chinese adolescents

She

Yang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundSchool bullying among adolescents has been a worldwide public health issue. It has been observed that adolescents who are exposed to violent video games (VVGs) are often more aggressive. However, research on the association between violent video game exposure (VVGE) and different types of school bullying is limited in the Chinese context.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to explore whether VVGE is linked to school bullying behaviors among Chinese adolescents and to examine the relationship between different levels of violent game exposure and four sub-types (physical, verbal, relational, and cyber) of school bullying involvement.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study of 1,992 Chinese students (55.02% boys and 44.98% girls) with the average age of 15.84 ± 1.62 years. Sub-types of school bullying victimization and perpetration, Internet addiction, and VVGE were measured by using a self-administrated questionnaire. The association was examined by multiple logistic regression analysis, adjusting for covariates.ResultsPhysical, verbal, relational, and cyber school bullying victimization were reported by 18.12, 60.34, 11.75, and 12.05% of the adolescents, and physical, verbal, relational, and cyber school bullying perpetration were reported by 16.62, 54.62, 21.49, and 8.23% of them. Of the students, 1,398 (70.18%) were normal Internet users, 514 (25.80%) showed moderate Internet addictive behaviors, and 31 (1.56%) of the students showed severe Internet addictive behaviors. The prevalence of no VVGE, low-level VVGE, medium-level VVGE, and high-level of VVGE were 27.70, 24.10, 24.20, and 24.00%, respectively. The risk of physical victimization and physical perpetration significantly increased with the increasing degree of violent video game exposure (P for trend < 0.001), with the highest adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of 2.251 (95% CI 1.501–3.375) and 2.554 (95% CI 1.685–3.870), when comparing high-level VVGE with no VVGE.ConclusionThese findings highlight the specific association between different sub-types of school bullying involvement and violent video game exposure. Physical school bullying prevention and intervention programs should be conducted after adolescents are exposed to violent video games.

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Is There a Relationship Between Youth Bullying and Internet Addiction? An Integrative Review

Cited by 16 publications

References 80 publications

Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship

Does Problematic Use of Social Network Mediate the Association between Bullying Victimization and Loneliness among Lebanese Adolescents?

The association between violent video game exposure and sub-types of school bullying in Chinese adolescents

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