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Perpetration of teen dating violence in a networked society

Korchmaros JD, Ybarra ML, Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, boyd d, Lenhart.  Perpetration of teen dating violence in a networked society. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2013;16(8):561-567. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0627 Abstract: Teen dating violence (TDV) is a serious form of youth violence that youth fairly commonly experience. Although youth extensively use computer-mediated communication (CMC), the epidemiology of CMC-based TDV is largely unknown. This study examined how perpetration of psychological TDV using CMC compares and relates to perpetration using longer-standing modes of communication (LSMC; e.g., face-to-face). Data from the national Growing up with Media study involving adolescents aged 14-19 collected from October 2010 to February 2011 and analyzed May 2012 are reported. Analyses … [Read more...]

Interview with NBC Los Angeles: Violent new media and behavior

What is the connection between violent new media and behavior of young people? Dr. Michele Ybarra, president and research director of the Center for Innovative Public Health Research, a non-profit based in Orange County discusses research related to the connection between violent new media and the behavior of young people. News Conference: Michele Ybarra, Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]

What’s the Research Telling Us?

A research panel presentation with Family Online Safety Institute In FOSI's research panel discussion Michele Ybarra MPH PhD, President and Research Director, presents recent research findings from Growing up with Media regarding online bullying.  She presents rates of bullying online compared to other channels of bullying including in person bully rates. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpbcvDaGVDs … [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...]

Past year bullying online and via text messaging for LGBT versus non-LGBT youth in national samples of adolescents in the U.S

Ybarra M, Mitchell K, Korchmaros J. Past year bullying online and via text messaging for LGBT versus non-LGBT youth in national samples of adolescents in the U.S. Oral presentation at the COST IS0801 International Conference on Cyberbullying; 29 June 2012; Paris, France. Data from the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed.  … [Read more...]

The benefits and potential risks that young people face online: A look at what the data say

Ybarra M. The benefits and potential risks that young people face online: A look at what the data say. Oral presentation at the 21st Annual Vancouver Island Child Psychologists' Conference; 1 June 2012; Victoria, BC. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2006, 2007, and 2008 are discussed. Please note an earlier version of this presentation was presented: Ybarra M. The dark side of the Internet: Youth Internet victimization. Oral presentation at the Emerging Technologies Conference, Baylor College; 4 May 2011; Houston, TX. … [Read more...]

Online threats to positive youth development: Online behaviors related to sexual risk offline

Korchmaros J, Ybarra M, Mitchell K. Online threats to positive youth development: Online behaviors related to sexual risk offline. Oral presentation at the SRA Biennial Meeting; 8 Mar 2012; Vancouver, BC. Data from the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Online and offline bullying and social support: Predictors of mental well-being for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth

Greytak E, Kosciw J, Palmer N. Online and offline bullying and social support: Predictors of mental well-being for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. Oral presentation at the SRA Biennial Meeting; 8 Mar 2012; Vancouver, BC. Data from the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. … [Read more...]

National trends in exposure to and experiences of violence on the Internet among children

Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ, Korchmaros JD. National trends in exposure to and experiences of violence on the Internet among children. Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):e1376-1386. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0118 Abstract: OBJECTIVE:  To examine rates of technology-based violent experiences (eg, bullying, harassment, unwanted sexual experiences [USEs] perpetration, and victimization) and exposures (eg, hate sites) from 2006 to 2008 among US children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One thousand five-hundred eighty-eight youth aged 10 to 15 years were surveyed nationally online in 2006, 2007 (76% follow-up rate), and 2008 (73% follow-up rate). RESULTS:  All other things equal, rates of Internet-based violent exposures and experiences were stable. Of exception, harassment perpetration and exposure to violent … [Read more...]