From Hurt to Healing: Investigating the Relationship of Self-Regulation Strategies with the Psychological Impact of Cyberbullying

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Saturday 3:45 pm
  In Invited Poster Session: Division D Graduate Student In-Progress Research Poster Session

Abstract

Cyberbullying has evolved as a widespread challenge among the students in educational institutes, raising important measurement and methodological questions about how to manage and protect psychological well-being in cyber spaces. This ongoing pilot study focuses on the measurement and analytical modeling of self-regulation strategies such as emotional regulation and cognitive reframing in relation to the psychological (well-being, anxiety and self-efficacy) impact of cyberbullying. Data were collected from 41 (22 cyberbully victim) undergraduate students at a large public university through online surveys where data collection and scale refinement is still in progress. Measures assessed cyberbullying victimization, emotional regulation with a relation to psychological impact including well-being, anxiety, and self-efficacy.

Authors

• Mehjabin Bhuiyan, University of Oklahoma

• Huiting Zhou, University of Oklahoma

• Benjamin C. Heddy, University of Oklahoma