TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Patterns of coping with cyberbullying: emotional, behavioral, and strategic coping reactions among middle school students
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Heiman, Tali
A1  - Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit
A1  - Frank, Gali
SP  - 28
EP  - 45
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.34.1.28
ID  - ref1
ER  -