Relationship between Cyber-Victimization, Coping Strategies and Resilience among Social Media Users
Abstract
The present study was conducted to explore the Relationship between Cybervictimization, Coping strategies, and Resilience among Social Media Users. This is a – sectional study comprised of social media users who have public profile (N=300) on online platfroms and have 25 k plus followers on social media and their age was between 17-30 years . Research variables were measured by using The Cyber Victimization Scale. Findings show that cyber-victimization is significantly negatively correlated with coping strategies and positively correlated with resilience. The emotional focus coping and problem focus coping is a significantly positive relationship with resilience. The individuals who engage in catfishing behavior are more likely to experience both visual sexual victimization and cyber-victimization. There were significant differences seen in mean among sample groups across age and gender.This study can be utilized for future exploration and learning practice and can contribute to the development of media literacy programs and better online safety measures and awareness campaigns.
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