Traditional and cyberbullying among adolescents: associations with mental and internet-related disorders and their prevention
The digital world, opening up through the internet, carries both risks and opportunities. Among adolescents, a particularly relevant risk is the expansion of bullying from the schoolyard (traditional bullying) to cyberspace (cyberbullying). Due to specific characteristics of the online context, trad...
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| Formato: | Book/Monograph Tesis |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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Heidelberg
29 Jul. 2026
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| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00039120 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-391201 Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00039120 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/39120 Langzeitarchivierung Nationalbibliothek, kostenfrei: https://d-nb.info/1414870108/34 
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| Notas de Autor: | presented by Franziska Neumayer (M.Sc. Psychology) ; supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael Kaess [und eine weitere Gutachterin] |
| Sumario: | The digital world, opening up through the internet, carries both risks and opportunities. Among adolescents, a particularly relevant risk is the expansion of bullying from the schoolyard (traditional bullying) to cyberspace (cyberbullying). Due to specific characteristics of the online context, traditional and cybervictimization may differ in their associations with severe mental health problems. Furthermore, another newly emerging risk is the addictive use of internet applications, such as online games or social media platforms, which has led to a novel field in behavioral addictions. Given that (cyber)bullying as well as problematic internet use constitute alarming public health concerns among youth, a better understanding of these phenomena as well as their relationships is urgently needed. In contrast to these internet-related risks, the combination of digital tools with face-to-face components in a so-called blended-intervention approach offers promising opportunities for prevention and intervention work. Considering the concerning consequences of bullying, the development of effective and feasible programs is of major public interest. The main goal of this dissertation is to extend knowledge on the risks related to the digital world by investigating (cyber)bullying, problematic internet use as well as their association. In addition, a blended-intervention approach will be used to derive a new anti-bullying program suited for German schools. To this end, four manuscripts embedded in two theoretical frameworks are presented. Manuscript 1 investigates whether there are differences between traditional and cyberbullying regarding their associations with mental health problems, risk-taking and self-harm behavior. Taken together, differences in the psychopathological correlates were found, highlighting the importance to consider in which (traditional vs. cyber) and in how many contexts bullying occurs. Manuscript 2 addresses the new phenomenon of problematic internet gaming (PIG) and potential differences in its association with traditional and cybervictimization. This longitudinal study suggests that bullying victimization serves as prospective risk factor for PIG – independent of the bullying context. Manuscript 3 expands this finding by comparing PIG with another internet-related addiction, namely problematic social media use (PSMU). This cross-sectional study found that victimization was associated with PIG and PSMU to a similar extent, which underlines the link of bullying with both internet-related problematic behaviors. Moreover, both Manuscript 2 and 3 investigate the role of potential predisposing variables regarding PIG and/ or PSMU, both generally and with respect to their association with bullying. Some relevant variables were identified, but the results partially deviated between the two manuscripts. Thus, future studies need to verify whether gender, age, educational background and mental health problems constitute predisposing characteristics related to PIG and PSMU, particularly in their association with bullying victimization. Finally, Manuscript 4 presents the newly developed evidence- and theory-based anti-bullying program Mobbing&Du. This program follows the promising blended-intervention and whole-school approaches and was adapted to the German school system. A cluster randomized trial evaluates whether Mobbing&Du reduces (cyber)bullying and, ultimately, mental and internet use problems. |
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| Descripción Física: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00039120 |