Cyberbullying, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescence

  1. Begoña Iranzo 1
  2. Sofía Buelga 3
  3. María-Jesús Cava 3
  4. Jessica Ortega-Barón 2
  1. 1 Valencian International University, Spain
  2. 2 International University of La Rioja, Spain
  3. 3 University of Valencia, Spain
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Revista:
Psychosocial Intervention

ISSN: 1132-0559

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 28

Número: 2

Páginas: 75-81

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5093/PI2019A5 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Psychosocial Intervention

Resumen

El ciberacoso escolar suscita una creciente preocupación social en la comunidad científica y en la sociedad en general. Las consecuencias del mismo en la víctima son muy serias: se han encontrado numerosos indicadores de desajuste social, entre los cuales destaca la ideación suicida. Desde esta perspectiva, el objetivo principal de este trabajo ha sido analizar las relaciones entre la cibervictimización y la ideación suicida en adolescentes víctimas de ciberacoso escolar a través de las variables de desajuste psicosocial de soledad, sintomatología depresiva, estrés percibido y malestar psicológico. En esta investigación participaron 1,062 adolescentes (547 chicos y 515 chicas), con un rango de edad que oscila entre los 12 y 18 años (M = 14.51, DT = 1.62). El modelo de ecuaciones estructurales mostró que la cibervictimización se relaciona directa e indirectamente con la ideación suicida. Las relaciones indirectas mostraron tener un efecto más elevado sobre la ideación suicida que los efectos directos de la cibervictimización. Se discute la relevancia de estos resultados para la investigación científica, así como sus implicaciones para futuros trabajos científicos.

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This research was financed by the Health Counselor of the Government of Valencia Region, Spain, under grant number SM-I-16/2014, “Preventing suicide and depression in adolescent victims of cyberbullying in the Valencian Community”.

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