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How do Adolescents Learn Cyber-victimization Coping Skills? An Examination of Parent and Peer Coping Socialization
Stacey L Bradbury1,2, Eric F Dubow3, Sarah E Domoff4
1Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA. sbradbu@bgsu.edu.
Abstract:
Recently, cyber-victimization has become an ever increasing concern for adolescents. Given the negative consequences of cyber-victimization, it is important to understand how adolescents learn strategies to cope (i.e., "coping socialization") with cyber-victimization. The purpose of this study is to understand common coping strategies reported by adolescents, identify from whom youth learn cyber-victimization coping strategies (coaching), and explore how coaching is associated with adolescents' self-reported use of coping. In a sample of 329 adolescents (49% male; 70% white), we found that positive coping strategies (e.g., problem solving, seeking social support) are used most frequently, and adolescents' perceptions of both parent and peer coping socialization is associated with self-reported use of coping. Interventionists can use this information to adapt interventions to include influential positive socializers.
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