Anxiety and self-esteem in cyber-victimization profiles of adolescents

This study has two objectives: (1) Identify profiles of victimization in adolescence, depending on the levels of offline or online peer aggression suffered, along with the prevalence of each profile; and (2) Analyse the association of the victimization profiles with adolescents’ social anxiety and self-esteem. The sample was comprised of 3120 adolescents aged 12 to 18 (M=14.03; SD=1.40) from Asturias (Spain), who completed self-report questionnaires about traditional peer victimization and cyber-victimization, as well as social anxiety and self-esteem. We performed descriptive analyses, Latent Profile Analyses, and multivariate analyses of variance. We found a positive, moderate correlation between being a cyber-victim and being a traditional victim, along with four profile types: non-victims (77.8%), mainly cyber-victims (13.5%), mainly traditional victims (4.5%), and dual victims (4.3%). Traditional victims and dual victims exhibited greater social anxiety and less self-esteem than cyber-victims, who exhibited greater social anxiety and less self-esteem than non-victims. Dual victims and traditional victims do not differ in social anxiety and self-esteem. The results contribute to the identification of patterns of victimization in school-age adolescents, and their relationship with social anxiety and self-esteem. Este trabajo parte de dos objetivos: 1) Identificar perfiles de victimización en la adolescencia, en función del grado de padecimiento de violencia offline u online por parte de sus iguales, así como la prevalencia de cada perfil; 2) Analizar la asociación de los perfiles de victimización obtenidos con la ansiedad social y la autoestima del adolescente. Para ello, se aplicaron cuestionarios de autoinforme sobre victimización tradicional entre iguales, cibervictimización, ansiedad social y autoestima a 3.120 adolescentes de Asturias (España), de 12 a 18 años (M=14.03; DT=1.40). Se realizaron análisis descriptivos, análisis de perfil latente y análisis multivariado de la varianza. Se obtuvo una correlación positiva y moderada entre ser cibervíctima y ser víctima de violencia tradicional; y una tipología de cuatro perfiles: no víctimas (77,8%), principalmente cibervictimas (13,5%), principalmente víctimas de violencia tradicional (4,5%) y víctimas duales (4,3%). Cuanto mayor es el nivel de victimización, mayor la ansiedad social y menor la autoestima, siendo más fuerte esta asociación con la victimización tradicional que con la cibervictimización. Tanto las víctimas tradicionales como las duales presentan una mayor ansiedad social y una menor autoestima que las cibervíctimas, y estas que las no víctimas. Víctimas duales y tradicionales no difieren en ansiedad social y autoestima. Los resultados obtenidos contribuyen a identificar patrones de victimización en la adolescencia, y su relación con la ansiedad social y la autoestima.

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Social Anxiety and Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescents: Relation with Peer Victimization, Self-Esteem and Emotion Regulation

Child Indicators Research ◽

10.1007/s12187-017-9506-3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1719-1736 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Olga Gómez-Ortiz ◽

Rosa Roldán ◽

Rosario Ortega-Ruiz ◽

Luis-Joaquín García-López

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Peer Victimization ◽

Psychosocial Adjustment ◽

Self Esteem

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Eating Psychopathology in Athletes and Nonathletes: The Effect of Situational and Dispositional Interpersonal Difficulties

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology ◽

10.1123/jcsp.2014-0043 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 319-338

Author(s):

Vaithehy Shanmugam ◽

Sophia Jowett ◽

Caroline Meyer

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

General Population ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Self Report ◽

Eating Psychopathology ◽

Interpersonal Conflicts ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Interpersonal Difficulties

In the current study, we had two aims. First, we investigated the associations between eating psychopathology, situational interpersonal difficulties, and dispositional interpersonal difficulties among athletes and nonathletes. Second, we examined the mediating role of self-critical perfectionism, self-esteem, and depression in these associations. A total of 152 athletes and 147 nonathletes completed self-report instruments pertaining to relationship quality with significant others, as well as social anxiety, loneliness, self-critical perfectionism, self-esteem, depression, and eating psychopathology. Social anxiety and loneliness were found to be the only significant independent predictors of eating psychopathology among both athletes and nonathletes. However, such associations were indirectly mediated through depression for athletes and through self-critical perfectionism, self-esteem, and depression for nonathletes. The findings of this study suggest that the psychosocial mechanisms involved in the eating psychopathology of athletes are relatively similar to that of nonathletes. Thus, it can be tentatively proposed that treatments and interventions that target reducing interpersonal conflicts currently available for the general population should also be offered to athletes.

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The Role of Parental Overcontrol in the Relationship between Peer Victimization, Social Threat Cognitions, and Social Anxiety in School-Age Children

School Mental Health ◽

10.1007/s12310-021-09466-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jeremy K. Fox ◽

Julie L. Ryan ◽

Julia Martin Burch ◽

Leslie F. Halpern

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

Peer Victimization ◽

School Age Children ◽

Social Threat ◽

School Age ◽

The Relationship

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Effect of social anxiety on self-esteem of special need university students in the war-affected region

Asian Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.15419/ajhs.v6i1.462 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 12

Author(s):

S. Mudasser Shah ◽

Nadia Hameed ◽

Fatima Afsar ◽

Summiya Ahmad ◽

Tauseef Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

University Students ◽

Large Scale ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Female Students ◽

Self Report ◽

Male Students ◽

The Social ◽

High Social Anxiety

This study aimed to investigate the correlation between social anxiety and self-esteem among the special need university students from Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The sample size was comprised of 100 disable university students aged 18-30 years, out of which 50 were male and 50 were female. A correlational study was designed. The social anxiety levels of the recruited subjects were determined through Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. The level of self-esteem was determined through the standard self-report mechanism by applying the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. The data collected were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted through SPSS software, Version 23, for windows, by using means, percentages, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (r) and Independent sample t-test. On average, the students with high social anxiety and low levels of self-esteem were found (r = -620), social anxiety of female students was high (M=78.14, SD=14.67) as compared to male students (M=59.34, SD=14.41). However, the self-esteem of female students (M=16.08, SD=1.77) was the same as compared with male students (M=16.38, SD= 1.86). There was a significant negative relationship found between social anxiety and self-esteem. The social anxiety of female disable university students was high, however, the male and female disable university students have the same self-esteem. Further studies are recommended on a large scale to explore certain other issues that are related to the given variables.

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Use of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191117725169 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 194-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Evelien Broekhof ◽

Maartje Kouwenberg ◽

Paul Oosterveld ◽

Johan H. M. Frijns ◽

Carolien Rieffe

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Hard Of Hearing ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Self Report ◽

Future Research ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Shame And Guilt ◽

Hearing Children

No assessment tools are available to measure shame and guilt in children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), while these self-conscious emotions might play a role in the frequently noted social and behavioral problems in this group. Therefore, the aim of this study was to validate the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire (BSGQ) in DHH children. In addition, we examined associations of shame and guilt with social anxiety, self-esteem, delinquency, and psychopathic behaviors. A sum of 225 hearing ( Mage = 11.62 years) and 108 DHH ( Mage = 11.82 years) participants completed the self-report BSGQ. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the two-factor structure (i.e., shame and guilt) of the BSGQ in the DHH group. Measurement invariance was established across both groups. However, the DHH group reported lower levels of self-conscious emotions in comparison with the hearing group. The BSGQ showed good concurrent validity, where shame was associated with higher levels of social anxiety and lower levels of self-esteem, and guilt was associated with lower levels of delinquency and psychopathic behavior in both groups. Future research should investigate the potential behavioral consequences of lower reported levels of self-conscious emotions in DHH youth.

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Clinical Application of the Children's Action Tendency Scale

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1986.59.1.71 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 71-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

James Broad ◽

John Burke ◽

Susan Richardson Byford ◽

Peter Sims

Keyword(s):

Clinical Sample ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Self Report ◽

School Age ◽

Faking Good ◽

Action Tendency ◽

White School ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Report Measure

The clinical usefulness of a previously validated self-report measure of children's assertiveness was examined for two white school-age samples ( ns = 18 and 17; 6 to 14 yr. old) referred for training in group social skills. Subscale scores of a clinical sample supported the norms of the validation samples but the relationship of these scores to parental and self-report measures of self-esteem appeared equivocal. Use with a hyperkinetic sample showed the scale's sensitivity to treatment, but faking good during individual testing may be a problem with such children.

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Psychological Predictors of Cyberbullying According to Ethnic-Cultural Origin in Adolescents: A National Study in Spain

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022022118795283 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (10) ◽

pp. 1506-1522 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Antonio J. Rodríguez-Hidalgo ◽

Eva Solera ◽

Juan Calmaestra

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Predictive Power ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Self Report ◽

National Study ◽

Cyber Victimization ◽

Cultural Groups ◽

Cyber Aggression ◽

Explanatory Factors ◽

Psychoeducational Programs

Studying the predictors of cyberbullying is of great research interest; however, little is known about how these relationships function in different ethno-cultural groups within a similar context. Our study examines levels of cyber victimization, cyber aggression, self-esteem, empathy, and social skills as possible predictors of cyberbullying in various ethno-cultural groups: Moroccan, Romanian, Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Spanish. A multicultural sample that was representative of students in their first through fourth year of Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain ( N = 25,684, age M = 13.94; SD = 1.396) participated by completing an online self-report survey. No differences were found between levels of cyber aggression according to ethno-cultural group. However, there were differences between the levels of cyber victimization between Romanians and Spaniards. Multiple linear regression analyses performed for each of the ethno-cultural groups with respect to cyber aggression and cyber victimization revealed that the presence and weight of the explanatory factors were different according to ethno-cultural origin. The best predictor of cyber victimization in the five ethno-cultural groups was cyber aggression, and vice versa. Among Columbian, Romanian, and Spanish students, cyber victimization was also predicted by self-esteem, empathy, or social skills, with predictive power of these variables differing across ethno-cultural groups. However, these variables were not predictive of cyber victimization among Moroccan or Ecuadorian students. Cyber aggression was also predicted in all ethno-cultural groups by self-esteem, empathy, or social skills. Common and unique patterns of prediction are presented and discussed to improve psychoeducational programs that prevent and mitigate cyberbullying.

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An Initial Investigation of the Use of Comparative Referents to Assess Social Anxiety

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000349 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (6) ◽

pp. 367-375 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laura D. Seligman ◽

Erin F. Swedish ◽

Jason P. Rose ◽

Jessica M. Baker

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Self Report ◽

Injunctive Norms ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽

Excellent Internal Consistency ◽

Social Quality Of Life ◽

Comparison Measures

Abstract. The current study examined the validity of two self-report measures of social anxiety constructed using social comparative referent points. It was hypothesized that these comparison measures would be both reliable and valid. Results indicated that two different comparative versions – one invoking injunctive norms and another invoking descriptive norms – showed good reliability, excellent internal consistency, and acceptable convergent and discriminant validity. The comparative measures also predicted positive functioning, some aspects of social quality of life, and social anxiety as measured by an independent self-report. These findings suggest that adding a comparative reference point to instructions on social anxiety measures may aid in the assessment of social anxiety.

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