RT Journal Article
T1 The Influence of Bullying and Cyberbullying in the Psychological Adjustment of Victims and Aggressors in Adolescence
A1 Estévez, Estefanía
A1 Estévez, Jesús
A1 Segura, Lucía
A1 Suárez Relinque, Cristian
K1 Adolescence
K1 Bullying
K1 Cyberbullying
K1 Victim
K1 Aggressor
K1 Psychological adjustment
AB The objective of the present study was to analyze the extent to which violent peer behaviorand victimization, both traditional and cybernetic, and predict certain indicators of psychologicalmaladjustment in adolescents, such as self-concept, satisfaction with life, feeling of loneliness,depressive symptomatology, perceived stress, social anxiety, empathy, and emotional intelligence.Participants in the study were 1318 adolescents of both sexes, aged between 11 and 18 years and enrolledin Compulsory Secondary Education schools. The design of the study was cross-sectional. The resultsindicated that the victims generally present greater maladjustment than the aggressors. Both victimsand cybervictims showed a greater decrease in all the dimensions of self-concept, compared withaggressors and cyberaggressors. However, the two types of aggressors showed a higher likelihood ofpresenting low levels of empathy. Feeling of loneliness, depressive symptomatology, perceived stress,and degree of life satisfaction was more probable to be present in all groups of aggressors and victims.Finally, with regard to emotional intelligence, victims had a higher probability of obtaining lowscores in all the dimensions of this construct; this was the case for traditional aggressors only in thedimension of emotion regulation. These results contribute to our understanding of the consequencesof harassment in the adaptation of the students involved, with relevant practical implications.
PB MDPI
YR 2019
FD 2019-06-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12504
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/12504
LA en
NO International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 16(12), 2080
NO Identificador de proyecto: PSI2015-65683-P
NO Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain
DS RIO
RD May 10, 2026