Cyber-Victimisation: The Association Between Help-Seeking Behaviours and Self-Reported Emotional Symptoms in Australia and Austria

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian J. Dooley ◽  
Petra Gradinger ◽  
Dagmar Strohmeier ◽  
Donna Cross ◽  
Christiane Spiel
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
School Staff ◽  
Traditional Bullying ◽  
Emotional Symptoms ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractMany young people who are bullied do not tell anyone. School staff therefore are often unaware of which students are being victimised and when to provide support or assistance. A critical strategy to overcome this problem is to encourage victimised students to seek help and report this bullying. This study aims to examine the relationship between help-seeking behaviours and self-reported emotional symptoms in young people from Australia (n = 5959; M age = 12.36 years, SD = 1.46 years) and Austria (n = 1530; M age = 12.68 years, SD = .84 years) who reported being victimised (via cyber and traditional bullying). In both countries, students who were cyber-victimised compared to those who were victimised in more traditional methods were less likely to seek help. Girls in both countries were significantly more likely to seek help and endorse more emotional symptoms than boys. No relationship was found between help-seeking and emotional symptoms in students who had been cyber-victimised. These preliminary results have important implications for the types of strategies used to enhance the approachability of school staff and families to provide appropriate help and support for young people who are being bullied.

scholarly journals Conductas de ciberadicción y experiencias de cyberbullying entre adolescentes

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuensanta Cerezo ◽  
Pilar Arnaiz ◽  
Ana Maria Gimenez ◽  
Javier J. Maquilón
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Parental Mediation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
School Level ◽  
Traditional Bullying ◽  
Online Addiction ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between young people and technologies implies some risks like online addiction and cyberbullying. This study analyses the use of mobile phones and computers in a sample of adolescents, their online addiction behaviours, and bullying and cyberbullying experiences considering the influence of gender and school level. Parental control during Internet use is also considered. Using a self-report questionnaire, 1353 secondary and high school adolescents between 12-21 years-old participated (<em>M </em>= 14.8; <em>SD</em> = 1.62; 52.8% boys). Results show an average of 1-2 hours daily use of mobile phone and computers. Around 13% of students report online addictions behaviors and 32% are in risk of, with differences by gender and school level. Results indicate more involvement in traditional bullying (12%) than in cyberbullying (7.7%), and a significant association between both behaviors and technologies use. Besides, parental mediation acts as protective factor. In conclusion, this study underlines the need to teach young people and educators about risks regarding excessive use of technology.

scholarly journals From Qualitative Research to Online Youth Mental Health Animations: Description of a Novel Knowledge Transfer Project (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Coughlan ◽  
David Quin ◽  
Kevin O'Brien ◽  
Jack Deacon ◽  
Naoise Kavanagh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Being Bullied

BACKGROUND Mental ill-health is one of the most significant health and social issues affecting young people globally. To address the mental health crisis a number of cross-sectoral research and action priorities have been identified. These include the adoption of meaningful knowledge transfer activities and the use of digital technologies. There are, however, few examples of knowledge transfer activities involving collaborations between researchers, the Arts and online platforms in the field of youth mental health. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this project was to translate qualitative research findings from into a series of online public mental health animations targeting young people between the ages of 16 and 25 years. A further aim was to track online social media engagement and viewing data for the animations for a period of 12 months. METHODS Qualitative data were collected from a sample of 17 Irish youth aged 18-21 years as part of the longitudinal population-based Adolescent Brain Development study. Interviews explored the life histories and the emotional and mental health of participants. Narrative analysis revealed five thematic findings relating to young people’s emotional and mental health. Through a collaboration between research, the Arts and the online sector, these empirical thematic findings were translated into five public health animations. The animations were hosted and promoted on three social media platforms of the Irish youth health website, SpunOut.ie. Engagement and viewing data were collected over a 12-month period. RESULTS Thematic analysis revealed that anxiety, depression, feeling different, loneliness and being bullied were common experiences for young people. These thematic findings formed the basis of the animations. During the 12 months following the launch of the animations, they achieved over 550,000 impressions on the SpunOut.ie Facebook, Twitter and YouTube platforms. The animations were viewed almost 16,000 times. A majority of engagement and views occurred during the period of the social media ad campaign at a cost of 3.5 cent per view. There was a low rate of link clicks from social media platforms to the host website during the promotion period. Animations on feeling different and being bullied accounted for the majority of impressions and views. CONCLUSIONS This project demonstrates that online animations provide an accessible means of translating and sharing empirical research findings and are a cost-effective way to provide information about mental health, coping and help-seeking. Cross-sectoral collaboration is required to leverage the knowledge and expertise required to maximise the quality and potential reach of any knowledge transfer activities. Additionally, paid promotion is essential to reach non-help-seeking young people on their native social media platforms and is important in maximising the reach and impact of online public health promotion.

scholarly journals Psychometric validation of the self-identification of having a mental illness (SELF-I) scale and the relationship with stigma and help-seeking among young people

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Evans-Lacko ◽  
Susanne Stolzenburg ◽  
Petra C. Gronholm ◽  
Wagner Ribeiro ◽  
Marianna York-Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Young People ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Metacognitive control processes in question answering: help seeking and withholding answers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Undorf ◽  
Iris Livneh ◽  
Rakefet Ackerman
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Question Answering ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Metacognitive Control ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Subjective Confidence ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractWhen responding to knowledge questions, people monitor their confidence in the knowledge they retrieve from memory and strategically regulate their responses so as to provide answers that are both correct and informative. The current study investigated the association between subjective confidence and the use of two response strategies: seeking help and withholding answers by responding “I don’t know”. Seeking help has been extensively studied as a resource management strategy in self-regulated learning, but has been largely neglected in metacognition research. In contrast, withholding answers has received less attention in educational studies than in metacognition research. Across three experiments, we compared the relationship between subjective confidence and strategy use in conditions where participants could choose between submitting answers and seeking help, between submitting and withholding answers, or between submitting answers, seeking help, and withholding answers. Results consistently showed that the association between confidence and help seeking was weaker than that between confidence and withholding answers. This difference was found for participants from two different populations, remained when participants received monetary incentives for accurate answers, and replicated across two forms of help. Our findings suggest that seeking help is guided by a wider variety of considerations than withholding answers, with some considerations going beyond improving the immediate accuracy of one’s answers. We discuss implications for research on metacognition and regarding question answering in educational and other contexts.

scholarly journals Preparedness of Young People for a Sustainable Lifestyle: Awareness and Willingness

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7204
Author(s):  
Anastazija Dimitrova ◽  
Antonín Vaishar ◽  
Milada Šťastná
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Global Problem ◽  
Sustainable Lifestyle ◽  
Local Companies ◽  
The Relationship

This article discusses the relationship between a consumer lifestyle and the environment. The willingness to adapt to a sustainable lifestyle was tested through a questionnaire among students of Mendel University in Brno, who are theoretically well-informed people. Overall, 417 students answered, i.e., 19% of the respondents. The students generally recognised the need to address environmental issues, and 90.6% intended to change their lifestyle in this direction. Among the barriers, they mentioned in particular lack of time, lack of financial resources, lack of specific information and insufficient conditions. Addressing this issue requires close co-operation in education between governmental and non-governmental organisations in both the public and private sectors. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the situation in that it has drawn attention to the response of local companies to the global problem.

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