Stop Bugging Me: An Examination of Adolescents' Protection Behavior against Online Harassment

Autor/inn/en	Lwin, May O.; Li, Benjamin; Ang, Rebecca P.
Titel	Stop Bugging Me: An Examination of Adolescents' Protection Behavior against Online Harassment
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 1, S.31-41 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.007
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Intention; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Public Service; Severity (of Disability); Computer Mediated Communication; Bullying; Predictor Variables; Surveys; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Coping; Responses; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Public services; Öffentlicher Sozialdienst; Schweregrad; Computerkonferenz; Mobbing; Prädiktor; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bewältigung; Singapur
Abstract	Online harassment is a widespread phenomenon with consequential implications, especially for adolescents, who tend to engage in high-risk behavior online. Through the use of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), we examine the predictors motivating the intention of youths to adopt protection behavior against online harassment. A survey was conducted with 537 youths from a stratified sample in Singapore. Regression analyses showed that perceived severity of online harassment, response efficacy and self efficacy of online protective behavior were significant predictors of behavioral intention with varying weights. The sole exception was perceived susceptibility to online harassment, which did not significantly predict behavioral intention. Gender and age were also found to moderate adolescents' uptake of protective behavior. The results suggest that public service programs targeted at educating youths should aim to increase coping appraisals and emphasize the severity of online harassment. Targeted educational programs could include those aimed at specific age or gender groups. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10