@article{ref1,
title="The association of different cyber-victimization types with current psychological  and health status in southern Appalachian communities",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2020",
author="Hamby, Sherry L. and Blount, Zach and Taylor, Elizabeth and Mitchell, Kimberly and Jones, Lisa",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Research on cyber-victimization has primarily focused on cyberbullying conducted in  urban and suburban (metropolitan) settings. We explore a range of  cyber-victimizations, including financially motivated offenses and cyberbullying,  and their associations with current psychological and health status in a  nonmetropolitan sample from southern Appalachia. The forms of cyber-victimization  were drawn from focus groups and interviews, and then self-report data on 14 types  of cyber-victimization were collected from 478 individuals (57.1% female; age M =  36.44, SD = 16.61). Approximately 3 out of 4 participants (74.7%) reported  experiencing at least one cyber-victimization. Cyber-victimization made many  participants feel &quot;very upset&quot; (average 55.7%). Many forms of cyber-victimization  were associated with elevated trauma symptoms, and lower subjective well-being and  health-related quality of life. Cyber-victimization is common in this southern  Appalachian community, with financially motivated incidents leading to higher  prevalence rates than found in many other studies. In these data, numerous specific  types of victimization, including cyber-theft, fraud, and legal-but-intrusive  privacy invasions, were associated with worse psychological and physical health. More research is needed on technology-mediated victimization and these types of  victimization should be more routinely included in violence assessments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/VV-D-18-00214",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-18-00214"
}