Ranney ML, Pittman SK, Riese A, Koehler C, Ybarra ML, Cunningham RM, Spirito A, Rosen RK. What Counts?: A Qualitative Study of Adolescents' Lived Experience With Online Victimization and Cyberbullying. Acad Pediatr. 2020 May-Jun;20(4):485-492. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2019.11.001. Epub 2019 Nov 8. Abstract: Objective: To inform development of cyberbullying interventions that are both accurate and meaningful to all adolescents, this qualitative analysis examines experiences of online peer victimization among a sample of predominately minority and low-income youth. Methods: Adolescents ages 13 to 17 years who reported past-year cyberbullying on a previously validated survey were recruited from an urban pediatric clinic to complete semistructured interviews. Interview topics included … [Read more...]
Perceptions of middle school youth about school bullying
Ybarra ML, Espelage DL, Valido A, Hong JS, Prescott TL. Perceptions of middle school youth about school bullying. J Adolesc. 2019 Aug;75:175-187. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.10.008. Epub 2018 Nov 7. Abstract: Introduction: Bullying prevention remains a major focus for schools yet prevention programs have yielded limited efficacy. This suggests that efforts to make the programs more salient for youth may result in greater reductions in bullying behavior. Methods: To inform the development of a text messaging-based bullying prevention program for middle school youth, we conducted two online, asynchronous focus groups with 37 youth in grades 6-8. Youth were recruited across the United States using an online panel. Topics and questions were posted twice-daily across three days; … [Read more...]
Characteristics of bias-based harassment incidents reported by a national sample of U.S. adolescents
Jones LM, Mitchell KJ, Turner HA, Ybarra ML. Characteristics of bias-based harassment incidents reported by a national sample of U.S. adolescents. Journ of Adolesc. 2018; 65: 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.02.013 Abstract Using a national sample of youth from the U.S., this paper examines incidents of bias-based harassment by peers that include language about victims' perceived sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, religion, weight or height, or intelligence. Telephone interviews were conducted with youth who were 10–20 years old (n = 791). One in six youth (17%) reported at least one experience with bias-based harassment in the past year. Bias language was a part of over half (52%) of all harassment incidents experienced by youth. Perpetrators of bias-based harassment … [Read more...]
Mobile health intervention development principles: Lessons from an adolescent cyberbullying intervention
Ranney ML, Pittman SK, Ybarra M, Huang J, Spirito A, Rosen R. Mobile health intervention development principles: Lessons from an adolescent cyberbullying intervention. Soc Media & Healthcare Tech. 2018; 3329-3338. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50310 Abstract Mobile health interventions are becoming increasingly popular, yet challenges in developing effective, user-friendly, evidence-based technology augmented interventions persist. In this paper, we describe the process of developing an acceptable, evidence-based text messaging program for adolescents experiencing cyberbullying in hopes of addressing some of the challenges encountered by many researchers and developers in this area of intervention development. Participants were 23 adolescents with past-year histories of … [Read more...]
8th Milestones meeting: Cyber violence roundtable
Ybarra ML. Cyber Violence Roundtable. Oral presentation at the 8th Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting; 19-20 Oct 2017, Ottawa, Ontario, CAN. 8th Milestones meeting: Cyber violence roundtable from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Stepwise development a text messaging-based bullying prevention program for middle school students (BullyDown)
Ybarra ML, Prescott TL, Espelage DL. Stepwise development a text messaging-based bullying prevention program for middle school students (BullyDown). JMIR mHealth uHealth. 2016;4(2):e60. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4936. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Bullying is a significant public health issue among middle school-aged youth. Current prevention programs have only a moderate impact. Cell phone text messaging technology (mHealth) can potentially overcome existing challenges, particularly those that are structural (e.g., limited time that teachers can devote to non-educational topics). To date, the description of the development of empirically-based mHealth-delivered bullying prevention programs are lacking in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of BullyDown, a text messaging-based … [Read more...]
Technology in teen lives: A look at online bullying and sexting
Ybarra M. Technology in teen lives: A look at online bullying and sexting. Oral presentation at the Growing up Digital: Media Research Symposium; 4 May 2015; Chicago, IL. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2011 and 2012 are discussed. … [Read more...]
Understanding linkages between bullying and suicidal ideation in a national sample of LGB and heterosexual youth in the United States
Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ, Kosciw JG, Korchmaros JD. Understanding linkages between bullying and suicidal ideation in a national sample of LGB and heterosexual youth in the United States. Prev Sci. 2015;16(3):451-62. doi: 10.1007/s11121-014-0510-2 Abstract: While there is an extant research base regarding suicidal ideation in relation to bullying and peer harassment, how findings may be similar and different for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) and non-LGB youth is less well understood. To address this gap, we analyzed data from 5,542 13- to 18-year-old youth who were nationally surveyed online in the United States in 2010. Results suggest that the relative odds of suicidal ideation are elevated for youth who are victims of bullying (OR = 5.61, 95 % CI, 4.11, 7.64), as well as those who … [Read more...]
Pitfalls and opportunities for growing up in the digital age
Ybarra M. Pitfalls and opportunities for growing up in the digital age. Oral presentation at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association; 3 Aug 2012; Orlando, FL. Data from the Growing up with Media longitudinal study collected in 2008 and the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. Please note an earlier version of this presentation was presented: Ybarra M. Digital adolescence: Myths and truths about growing up with technology. Oral presentation at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association;; 6 Aug 2011; Washington, DC. … [Read more...]
Measuring cyber-aggression: the difference between harassment and bullying, and the influence of differential power
Ybarra M. Measuring cyber-aggression: the difference between harassment and bullying, and the influence of differential power. Oral presentation at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association; 2 Aug 2012; Orlando, FL. Data from the Growing up with Media longitudinal study collected in 2008 and the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. … [Read more...]
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