College Students' Electronic Victimization in Friendships and Dating Relationships: Anticipated Distress and Associations With Risky Behaviors

This study investigated college students' reports of electronic victimization in friendships and dating relationships. We examined 22 items representing four categories of electronic victimization: hostility, humiliation, exclusion, and intrusiveness. Nearly all participants (92%) reported some...

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Published in:Violence and victims 2011-01, Vol.26 (4), p.410-429
Main Authors: Bennett, Diana C., Guran, Elyse L., Ramos, Michelle C., Margolin, Gayla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol use
Behavioral Sciences
College Students
Counseling
Courtship
Crime Victims - psychology
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Female
Females
Friends
Friendship
Hostility
Humans
Internet - statistics & numerical data
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Males
Marriage and Family Counselling
Methodology (Data Collection)
Policy, Social Justice, and Human Rights
Psychological Distress
Psychology
Risk-Taking
Social and Personality Psychology
Social Facilitation
Social networks
Social research
Social Work
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities
Victimization
Victims
Violence
Young Adult
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Summary:This study investigated college students' reports of electronic victimization in friendships and dating relationships. We examined 22 items representing four categories of electronic victimization: hostility, humiliation, exclusion, and intrusiveness. Nearly all participants (92%) reported some electronic victimization in the past year, with males reporting more victimization and females anticipating more distress. Both females and males anticipated more distress from electronic victimization in dating relationships than friendships. More actual experience with electronic victimization related to lower anticipated distress. Electronic victimization was associated with females' alcohol use, even after controlling for other victimization experiences. Discussion focuses on the contextualized nature of electronic victimization, and on the importance of understanding what makes electronic victimization highly distressing for some individuals.
ISSN:0886-6708
1945-7073
DOI:10.1891/0886-6708.26.4.410