Patterns Of Cyber Harassment And Perpetration Among College Students In The United States: A Test Of Routine Activities Theory

• Main Authors: Wick, S. Elizabeth, Nagoshi, Craig, Basham, Randy, Jordan, Catheleen, Kim, Youn Kyoung, Nguyen, Anh Phuong, Lehmann, Peter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Cyber-Harassment, Risk Propensity, Online Exposure, Online Disclosure, College Students.; Bergen; Burgess; Finn; Jennings; Pew; Ramirez; Henson; Espinoza; Forde; Spitzberg
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.495770; https://zenodo.org/record/495770

A sample of 298 college students at a large southwestern state university (female 68.8%) completed an online survey about their experiences of being victimized by and engaging in perpetration of cyber-harassment of romantic partners. The findings partially supported the application of Routine Activities Theory to understand the predictors of cyber-harassment for victims and victimizers. Victimization for women was associated with greater general risk-taking propensity and reported online exposure and disclosure. For both men and women, greater risk propensity and online disclosure were associated with greater reports of perpetrating such harassment. A significant interaction resulted from the effects of risk propensity in increasing the likelihood of engaging in cyber-harassment being attenuated for those high in online exposure. : {"references": ["Alexy, E. M., Burgess, A. W., Baker, T., & Smoyak, S. A. (2005). Perceptions of cyberstalking among college students. 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