@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of coping with cyberbullying: emotional, behavioral, and strategic coping reactions among middle school students",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2019",
author="Heiman, Tali and Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit and Frank, Gali",
volume="34",
number="1",
pages="28-45",
abstract="The aim of the present study was to examine coping patterns among victims of cyberbullying in middle school. The study included 232 adolescents, of whom 20.7% reported having been the victim of cyberbullying. <br><br>FINDINGS show that the most common emotional reactions to cyberbullying among the cyber victims were anger, rage, and frustration. The most commonly found behavioral reactions to cyberbullying were informing a friend, counterattacking, and ignoring the cyber incident. Examining the types of coping strategies that were used, we found that the victims of cyberbullying reported a lower use of problem-focused coping strategies for stressful situations, compared to adolescents who were not cyber victims; in addition, cyber victims also reported a much greater use of emotionally focused coping strategies and avoidance-focused strategies, compared to adolescents who were not cyber victims.<br><br>© Copyright 2019 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/0886-6708.34.1.28",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.34.1.28"
}