Digital Dating Abuse Among a National Sample of U.S. Youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626051989734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Hinduja ◽  
Justin W. Patchin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Dating Abuse ◽  
Nationally Representative

Digital dating abuse is a term used to describe physical, sexual, or psychological/emotional violence that occurs between romantic partners through the use of texting, social media, and related online mediums. Survey data were obtained from a nationally representative sample of 2,218 American middle and high school students (12–17 years old) who have been in a romantic relationship. About 28% of students in a relationship in the previous year had been the victim of digital dating abuse. Males were more likely to report having experienced it (32% compared to 24%), though no other demographic differences emerged. Several covariates did emerge as significantly related to experience with digital dating abuse, including depressive symptoms, sexual intercourse, sexting, and being the victim of cyberbullying. Experiencing offline dating abuse was by far the strongest correlate. Implications for prevention and policy within schools and the community are discussed, along with considerations for future research in this important area.

Factors Influencing School Counselors’ Time Spent on Career Planning With High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2094772
Author(s):  
Mary Edwin ◽  
Megan Dooley Hussman
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Type ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Nationally Representative

Using a multinomial regression and a nationally representative sample of school counselors, we examined the factors influencing the percentage of time school counselors spend on career planning. Findings indicate that the school locale, school type, percentage of non-White students, and the number of full-time counselors were significant predictors of the percentage of hours spent on career planning with students. We discuss implications for practice, training, and future research.

scholarly journals Adolescents’ perceptions of digital media’s potential to elicit jealousy, conflict and monitoring behaviors within romantic relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joris Van Ouytsel ◽  
Michel Walrave ◽  
Koen Ponnet ◽  
An-Sofie Willems ◽  
Melissa Van Dam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Understanding the role of digital media in adolescents’ romantic relationships is essential to the prevention of digital dating violence. This study focuses on adolescents’ perceptions of the impact of digital media on jealousy, conflict, and control within their romantic relationships. Twelve focus group interviews were conducted, among 55 secondary school students (ngirls = 28; 51% girls) between the ages of 15 and 18 years (Mage = 16.60 years; SD age = 1.21), in the Dutch-speaking community of Belgium. The respondents identified several sources of jealousy within their romantic relationships, such as online pictures of the romantic partner with others and online messaging with others. Adolescents identified several ways in which romantic partners would react when experiencing feelings of jealousy, such as contacting the person they saw as a threat or looking up the other person’s social media profiles. Along with feelings of jealousy, respondents described several monitoring behaviors, such as reading each other’s e-mails or accessing each other’s social media accounts. Adolescents also articulated several ways that they curated their social media to avoid conflict and jealousy within their romantic relationships. For instance, they adapted their social media behavior by avoiding the posting of certain pictures, or by ceasing to comment on certain content of others. The discussion section includes suggestions for future research and implications for practice, such as the need to incorporate information about e-safety into sexual and relational education and the need to have discussions with adolescents, about healthy boundaries for communication within their friendships and romantic relationships.

Exploring Social Media Rumination: Associations With Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Distress

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052094682
Author(s):  
Leandra Parris ◽  
Daniel G. Lannin ◽  
Keeley Hynes ◽  
Ani Yazedjian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Peer Aggression ◽  
School Students ◽  
Black African ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Perceptions Of Bullying

In this study, we examined students’ perceptions of peer aggression occurring within their school environment and how these perceptions are interconnected with both social media rumination and distress. Social media usage is associated with a range of negative mental health and interpersonal outcomes for adolescents. Social media use can increase youth’s vulnerability to peer victimization and psychosocial difficulties. In addition, ruminating when sad or stressed has been linked to elevated distress for youth experiencing peer aggression. Yet rumination specifically regarding social media activities has not been investigated in relation to peer aggression and distress, nor has the degree to which students perceive peer aggression occurring at school been included in these investigations. Participants were 169 high school students (age, M = 15.89, SD = .87), largely identifying as Black/African American and female, who completed surveys as part of a larger program working with at-risk youth in a Midwestern, urban city. We found that social media rumination mediated the relationship between perceptions of bullying at school and feelings of distress, but mediation was not supported when examining student perceptions of cyberbullying frequency and youth distress. In the case of bullying, rumination may disrupt other forms of coping—such as positive cognitive distractions—that would ameliorate symptoms of distress. Furthermore, we present evidence that social media rumination is experienced by, and has different influences on, youth. We highlight the need for differentiated intervention and prevention efforts regarding these two forms of peer aggression. Future research may be justified to examine these possibilities.

scholarly journals Locked, Loaded, and Ready for School: The Association of Safety Concerns With Weapon-carrying Behavior Among Adolescents in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052096940
Author(s):  
Soumyadeep Mukherjee ◽  
Ziyad Ben Taleb ◽  
Philip Baiden
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Weapon Carrying ◽  
Safety Concerns ◽  
Gun Carrying ◽  
Address Data ◽  
Nationally Representative

There is limited, if any, prior research exploring the potential link between adolescents’ safety concerns and their predisposition to possess weapons has been limited. This study aimed to examine the relationship between high school students’ perceived lack of safety and their weapons carrying behavior in a multiyear nationally representative sample of high school students. Information on self-reported weapons carrying in past month and gun carrying in past year, perceived lack of safety at school or during commute, being bullied and/or threatened, involvement in physical fights, and demographic characteristics were retrieved from Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey data for 1991-2017. Generalized linear mixed models were used to address data clustering by survey year. Sampling design and sample weights were accounted for. Of a total number of 195,280 respondents with valid responses during 1991-2017, 18%, 7%, and 5%, respectively, carried weapon(s) in general, weapon(s) to school, and gun. On an average, 5% skipped school due to safety concerns. Missing ≥2 school days was associated with weapon (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 2.25; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.94 -2.61) and gun (AOR: 3.18; 95% CI: 1.81 -5.58) possessions, as well as weapons possession in school (AOR: 2.47; 95% CI: 1.96 -3.12). Experiences of weapons-induced injury(ies) or threat(s), and involvement in physical fights were other significant covariates in adjusted analyses. Compared with non-Hispanic whites, students of other racial/ethnic groups had significantly lower odds of possessing weapons. Perceived lack of safety emerged as a potential determinant of weapon carrying, a behavior with far-reaching public health concerns. While future research looking into the psychological motivations of possessing weapons is recommended, our findings offer a unique opportunity to address the crucial problems of school absenteeism induced by experiences of aggression and fears for safety as well as preempt the consequences of weapons-possession by adolescents.

Sextortion Among Adolescents: Results From a National Survey of U.S. Youth

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin W. Patchin ◽  
Sameer Hinduja
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Preventive Role

Sextortion is the threatened dissemination of explicit, intimate, or embarrassing images of a sexual nature without consent, usually for the purpose of procuring additional images, sexual acts, money, or something else. Despite increased public interest in this behavior, it has yet to be empirically examined among adolescents. The current study fills this gap by exploring the prevalence of sextortion behaviors among a nationally representative sample of 5,568 U.S. middle and high school students. Approximately 5% of students reported that they had been the victim of sextortion, while about 3% admitted to threatening others who had shared an image with them in confidence. Males and nonheterosexual youth were more likely to be targeted, and males were more likely to target others. Moreover, youth who threatened others with sextortion were more likely to have been victims themselves. Implications for future research, as well as the preventive role that youth-serving professionals can play, are discussed.

Exploring Temporal Evaluations of Interpersonal Social Media Surveillance During the COVID-19 Lockdown

2021 ◽  
pp. 216769682110460
Author(s):  
Jessie Shafer ◽  
Ross W. May ◽  
Frank D. Fincham
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The occurrence of the novel coronavirus necessitates a better understanding of how romantic partners use social technology to cope with health stressors. This exploratory study, therefore, examined whether COVID-related health concerns regarding oneself or one’s romantic partner before/during quarantine predict, or are predicted by, emerging adults’ engagement in social media surveillance of their romantic partner. Participants ( N = 181 emerging adults in a romantic relationship) responded to online surveys at two points during spring 2020. Findings from a cross-lagged analysis indicate that COVID-related health concerns for oneself before stay-at-home orders predicted emerging adult’s participation in social media surveillance of a romantic partner during COVID quarantine. This study serves as an initial inquiry into how health-related concerns impact technology use in romantic relationships and how they serve to modify digital participation during a global crisis (i.e., the COVID-19 pandemic). Limitations, future research directions, and implications of the study are discussed.

School Climate, Observed Risky Behaviors, and Victimization as Predictors of High School Students’ Fear and Judgments of School Violence as a Problem

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 716-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Avi Astor ◽  
Rami Benbenishty ◽  
Anat Zeira ◽  
Amiram Vinokur
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Climate ◽  
School Violence ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Policy Theory ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Nationally Representative

The primary aim of this study is to explore how school-related variables predict high school students’subjective judgements of school violence. Using a nationally representative sample (Israel) of 3,518 high school-aged youth, this study tested the hypotheses that (a) students’personal fear of attending school due to violence and (b) students’ assessment of a school violence problem are best understood as separate conceptual constructs. The findings support the proposition that student fear of attending school and assessments of school violence as a problem are influenced by different types of school-related variables. Student fear of attending school due to violence was directly related to experiences of personal victimization by students and school staff. In contrast with fear, students’judgements of their schools’overall violence problem were directly associated with the variables of school climate, observed risk behaviors, and personal victimization. Implications for policy, theory, and future research are highlighted.

scholarly journals Investigating the emergence of sex differences in jealousy responses in a large community sample from an evolutionary perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Helge H. Larsen ◽  
Mons Bendixen ◽  
Trond Viggo Grøntvedt ◽  
Andrea M. Kessler ◽  
Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Large Community

AbstractSex differences in jealousy responses to sexual and emotional infidelity are robust in samples of heterosexual adults, especially in more gender egalitarian nations. However, investigations of when and how these differences develop have been scant. We applied two forced choice infidelity scenarios in a large community sample of high school students (age 16–19, N = 1266). In line with previous findings on adults using the forced choice paradigm, adolescent males found the sexual aspect of imagined infidelity more distressing than adolescent females did. Nevertheless, there was no effect of age on the jealousy responses, and age did not moderate the sex difference. There were neither any effects of three covariates (having had first sexual intercourse, being in a committed romantic relationship, and sociosexuality), neither as markers of pubertal maturation nor as psychosocial environmental stimuli. Future research needs to investigate even younger samples in order to specify at what age the sex difference in jealousy responses emerges.

Mobilizing for Some

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Specific Factors

Abstract. This study investigated the effects of politicians’ nonparticipatory and participatory Facebook posts on young people’s political efficacy – a key determinant of political participation. We employed an experimental design, using a sample of N = 125 high school students (15–20 years). Participants either saw a Facebook profile with no posts (control condition), nonparticipatory posts, or participatory posts. While nonparticipatory posts did not affect participants’ political efficacy, participatory posts exerted distinct effects. For those high in trait evaluations of the politician presented in the stimulus material or low in political cynicism, we found significant positive effects on external and collective efficacy. By contrast, for those low in trait evaluations or high in cynicism, we found significant negative effects on external and collective efficacy. We did not find any effects on internal efficacy. The importance of content-specific factors and individual predispositions in assessing the influence of social media use on participation is discussed.

scholarly journals Workaholism in Korea: Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Differences

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudol Kang
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Work Addiction ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
Nationally Representative

This study has two objectives – to provide a Korean form of the workaholism analysis questionnaire, and to analyze workaholic tendencies in South Korea by using a nationally representative data. Using 4,242 samples (2,497 men and 1,745 women), exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to develop a Korean form (K-WAQ). The four-factor structure of K-WAQ in this study seemed to adequately represent the underlying dimensions of work addiction in Korea. The study also analyzed the prevalence of workaholism among Koreans and its differences according to socio-demographic variables. Both mean difference analyses and logistic regressions were conducted. The overall result indicated that the prevalence of workaholism in Korea can be estimated to be 39.7% of the employees. The workaholic tendencies in Korea differ significantly according to gender, age, work hours, and voluntariness of choosing employment type. Practical as well as theoretical implications and future research directions are discussed.

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