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- Title
Cyberstalking Victimization, Depression, and Academic Performance: The Role of Perceived Social Support from Parents.
- Authors
Wright, Michelle F.
- Abstract
Little attention has been given to adolescents' experience of cyberstalking and how such experiences relate to their depression and academic performance. It is less clear how other variables, such as perceived social support, might impact these associations. Addressing these gaps in the literature, this study investigated the potential moderating effect of perceived social support from parents on the association between cyberstalking victimization and depression and academic performance, each assessed 1 year later, from 11th to 12th grade. Participants were 413 adolescents (ages 17-19 years old; 54 percent female; M = 17.39 years, SD = 0.53) in the 12th grade from a Midwestern city in the United States. They completed questionnaires on their self-reported face-to-face and cyberstalking victimization, depression, and perceived social support from parents. Adolescents' academic performance was also assessed using their school records. During the 12th grade, depression and academic performance were examined again. The findings indicated that the association between cyberstalking victimization and Time 2 depression was much more positive at lower levels of perceived social support, while such an association was more negative at higher levels of perceived social support. Opposite patterns were found for Time 2 academic performance. The results indicate the need for additional research focused on cyberstalking about adolescents.
- Subjects
CYBERSTALKING; COMPUTER crimes; MENTAL depression; SOCIAL support; PARENT-child relationships
- Publication
CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 2018, Vol 21, Issue 2, p110
- ISSN
2152-2715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/cyber.2016.0742