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...]
Linkages between violence‐associated attitudes and psychological, physical, and sexual dating abuse perpetration and victimization among male and female adolescents
Ybarra ML, Langhinrichsen‐Rohling J. Linkages between violence‐associated attitudes and psychological, physical, and sexual dating abuse perpetration and victimization among male and female adolescents. Aggress. Behav. 2019;45(6): 622-634. doi.org/10.1002/ab.21856. Abstract: Attitudes about violence and sex in dating relationships were related to psychological, physical, and sexual teen dating abuse perpetration and victimization. Data from Wave 4 of the national, randomly selected, Growing up with Media cohort (n = 876 adolescents aged 14‐19 years), collected in 2011, were analyzed. Dating youth perceived more peer pressure to have sex and were more accepting of sex in brief or nonmarital relationships than pre‐dating youth. Boys had higher levels of rape‐supportive attitudes than … [Read more...]
Identifying “mischievous” responders through Latent Class Analysis
Petras H, Ybarra M. Identifying “mischievous” responders through Latent Class Analysis. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research; 31 May - 2 June, 2016; San Francisco, CA. Data from Wave 7 of the Growing up with Media study, collected in 2016, are discussed. … [Read more...]
What features make online harassment incidents upsetting to youth?
Mitchell KJ, Ybarra ML, Jones LM, & Espelage D. What features make online harassment incidents upsetting to youth? J Sch Violence. Published online ahead of print January 6, 2015. doi: 10.1080/15388220.2014.990462 Abstract: This article examines characteristics of online harassment episodes associated with increased distress for youth. Data were collected as part of the Third Youth Internet Safety Survey, a cross-sectional telephone survey conducted in the United States in 2010. Interviews were conducted with 1,560 Internet-using youth, ages 10 through 17. Harassment incidents involving multiple perpetrators, offline contact, and a power imbalance between victim and perpetrator were more likely to be upsetting to youth. As the number of aggravating features (i.e., multiple … [Read more...]
“Sexting” and its relation to sexual activity and sexual risk behavior in a national survey of adolescents
Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ. "Sexting" and its relation to sexual activity and sexual risk behavior in a national survey of adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2014;55(6):757-764. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.07.012 Abstract: PURPOSE: To examine the relation between “sexting” (sending and sharing sexual photos online, via text messaging, and in person) with sexual risk behaviors and psychosocial challenge in adolescence. METHODS: Data were collected online between 2010 and 2011 with 3,715 randomly selected 13- to 18-year-old youth across the United States. RESULTS: Seven percent of youth reported sending or showing someone sexual pictures of themselves, in which they were nude or nearly nude, online, via text messaging, or in person, during the past year. Although females and older youth … [Read more...]
Online social support as a buffer against online and offline peer and sexual victimization among U.S. LGBT and non-LGBT youth
Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ, Palmer NA, Reisner SL. Online social support as a buffer against online and offline peer and sexual victimization among U.S. LGBT and non-LGBT youth. Child Abuse Negl. 2015;39:123-136. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.08.006 Abstract: In today's technology-infused world, we need to better understand relationships youth form with friends online, how they compare to relationships formed in-person, and whether these online relationships confer protective benefits. This is particularly important from the perspective of peer victimization, given that social support in-person appears to reduce the odds of victimization in-person. To address this literature gap, data from a sample of 5,542 U.S. adolescents, collected online between August 2010 and January 2011, were … [Read more...]