@article{ref1,
title="Does the COVID-19 pandemic increase or decrease the global cyberbullying behaviors? A systematic review and meta-analysis",
journal="Trauma, violence, and abuse",
year="2023",
author="Huang, Ning and Zhang, Shan and Mu, Yakun and Yu, Yebo and Riem, Madelon M. E. and Guo, Jing",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Although cyberbullying is an emerging public health problem, it is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic affects cyberbullying. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cyberbullying, to estimate the global cyberbullying prevalence and to explore factors related to cyberbullying during the COVID-19 pandemic. We searched the Medline, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, Eric, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Wanfang, Chinese CNKI, and EBSCO databases to identify relevant empirical studies published between 2019 and 2022. A total of 36 studies were included. Quality assessment, meta-analyses, and subgroup analyses were conducted. The pooled prevalences were 16% for overall cyberbullying, 18% for victimization and 11% for perpetration during the COVID-19 pandemic, which were lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The pooled prevalence of postpandemic cyberbullying perpetration is lower in children than in adults. In addition, both virus- and lockdown-related stressors were the main factors contributing to cyberbullying. The COVID-19 crisis may reduce cyberbullying, and the pooled prevalence of cyberbullying during the pandemic in adults is higher than in children and adolescents. In addition, the transient-enduring factor model of postpandemic cyberbullying built in this review could help identify people at high risk of cyberbullying during public health emergencies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-8380",
doi="10.1177/15248380231171185",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380231171185"
}