Child and Adolescent Internet Use and Health
Social networking sites, unwanted sexual solicitation, Internet harassment, and cyberbullying
Ybarra, Michele (2008). Social networking sites, unwanted sexual solicitation, Internet harassment, and cyberbullying. Presented at the Internet Safety Techincal Taskforce 1st Meeting, Washington, DC.
Summary:
This presentation will explore characteristics of unwanted sexual solicitation and harassment among youth, topics include:
1. Definitions
2. What are the prevalence rates over time?
3. What is the influence SNS have?
4. How do the [...]
Online harassment and cyber-bullying within the school context
Summary:
School professionals are wrestling with how to support youth who are being targeted by Internet harassment, because it‟s occurring off school grounds but can affect school functioning.
While logical to assume an overlap in bullying behavior at school and online, the extent to which this is the case is yet unreported. Furthermore, beyond anecdotal reports, little [...]
Intentional exposure to pornography and the perpetration of sexually aggressive behavior among adolescents: A new area of child maltreatment research
Ybarra, Michele, Diener-West, Marie, Hamburger, Merle, & Leaf, Philip (2008, January). Intentional exposure to pornography and the perpetration of sexually aggressive behavior among adolescents: A new area of child maltreatment research. Presented at the 22nd Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA.
Summary:
This presentation will use data from the Growing [...]
Are youth doing risky things online?
Ybarra, Michele. (2006, January). Are youth doing risky things online? Presented at the San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, San Diego, CA.
Summary:
This presentation uses data from the Youth Internet Safety Surveys (YISS and YISS-2) to discuss characteristics of youth online risky behavior, including giving out personal information or pictures online, engaging in [...]
Associations between depressive symptomatology and Internet harassment among young regular Internet users
Ybarra, Michele. (2003, April). Associations between depressive symptomatology and Internet harassment among young regular Internet users. Presented at Delta Omega, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Summary:
The odds of reporting an unwanted harassment online in the previous year is more than 3.5 times higher for youth reporting DSM IV major depressive-like symptoms compared to [...]
Protecting the mental and physical health of the Internet generation
Ybarra, Michele. (2007, June). Girl Trouble in Cyberspace: Protecting the Mental and Physical Health of the Internet Generation. Presented at the Congress on Women’s Health, Hilton Head, SC.
Summary:
1. Girls are more likely than boys to be solicited online, but they are equally likely to be sexually harassed via TXT messaging.
2. 18% of girls report unwanted [...]
Internet harassment and bullying behaviors: Implications for youth development
Ybarra, Michele. (2008, August). Internet harassment and bullying behaviors: Implications for youth development. Presented at the 11th Annual Children’s Law Institute, New York, NY.
Summary:
This presentation will use data from the Growing up with Media and Youth Internet Safety Survey studies to discuss characteristics of Internet harassment, specifically:
1. What is it
2. Who is being targeted
3. Who [...]
Associations between violent media and violence behavior over a 24-month period for children and adolescents
Summary:
Data are scarce that estimate the prevalence of youth exposure to violence online, as well as whether this exposure has been increasing over time. Rates of exposure to violence in other new media such as the Wii also are under-reported. Little is known about how these technologies may fit into the greater picture of a [...]
Linkages between violent exposures in new media and violent behavior: Findings from the Growing up with Media national survey
Summary:
This presentation uses data from the Growing up with Media study to discuss the linkages between violent exposures in new media and violent behavior. As technology increases in sophistication, questions about it’s potential impact on child and adolescent behavior offline must be examined. Specifically discussed:
1. What is the frequency of exposure to violence online? Is [...]
How protective against child and adolescent aggressive behavior is a violence-free media diet?
Summary:
This presentation uses data from the Growing up with Media study to discuss the role of violence-free media in the lives of youth. Topics discussed include demographic and psychosocial characteristics of youth and prevalence rates of violent, bullying, and fighting behaviors based upon violent media exposure.
Findings:
Youth who report no exposure to media violence are more than [...]
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