Adolescents’ Beliefs About Peers’ Engagement in an Online Self-Harm Challenge: Exploring the Role of Individual Characteristics Through a Latent Class Analysis
In the last decade considerable attention has been devoted to the possible contribution of social media, and the Internet generally, to instigating adolescents’ engagement in self-harm activities, which are considered the result of a combination of multidimensional variables, such as depression and...
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ftunivbergamo:oai:aisberg.unibg.it:10446/148463 2024-02-11T10:02:35+01:00 Adolescents’ Beliefs About Peers’ Engagement in an Online Self-Harm Challenge: Exploring the Role of Individual Characteristics Through a Latent Class Analysis Florio, Eleonora Castelli, Ilaria Villani, Daniela Florio, Eleonora Sorgente, Angela Castelli, Ilaria Riva, Giuseppe Marchetti, Antonella Massaro, Davide 2019 remote http://hdl.handle.net/10446/148463 https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0002 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000494920800003 volume:22 issue:11 firstpage:684 lastpage:691 journal:CYBERPSYCHOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING http://hdl.handle.net/10446/148463 doi:10.1089/cyber.2019.0002 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85074685956 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess beliefs descriptive norms Blue Whale self-harm adolescence suicide Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftunivbergamo https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0002 2024-01-23T23:26:09Z In the last decade considerable attention has been devoted to the possible contribution of social media, and the Internet generally, to instigating adolescents’ engagement in self-harm activities, which are considered the result of a combination of multidimensional variables, such as depression and anxiety. This study aimed to identify, using latent class analysis (LCA), classes homogeneous for adolescents’ beliefs about peers’ motivations in taking part in the recent Blue Whale Challenge Game, and to analyze the individual predictors (gender, mental health problems, self-harm and risk-taking behaviors, and problematic Internet use) of the adolescent’s latent class membership. We performed an LCA using ‘‘perceived attraction’’ and ‘‘perceived constraint’’ as nominal indicators. Relative fit indices suggested the two class solution as the best measurement model: the first class was mostly composed of adolescents who attributed a central role to the adolescent (internal causality), while the second class mostly composed of adolescents who attributed a central role to the recruiters (external causality). In addition, we explored some individual characteristics to test whether they could predict adolescents’ class membership. Results suggests that it is significantly more likely for adolescents with higher level of stress and risk-taking to attribute a central role to their peers’ internal motivation, rather than to the recruiter, in deciding to take part in the online self-harm challenge game. Implications for preventive interventions are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Blue whale Aisberg - Archivio istituzionale dell'Università di Bergamo Psi ENVELOPE(-63.000,-63.000,-64.300,-64.300) Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 22 11 684 691 |
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In the last decade considerable attention has been devoted to the possible contribution of social media, and the Internet generally, to instigating adolescents’ engagement in self-harm activities, which are considered the result of a combination of multidimensional variables, such as depression and anxiety. This study aimed to identify, using latent class analysis (LCA), classes homogeneous for adolescents’ beliefs about peers’ motivations in taking part in the recent Blue Whale Challenge Game, and to analyze the individual predictors (gender, mental health problems, self-harm and risk-taking behaviors, and problematic Internet use) of the adolescent’s latent class membership. We performed an LCA using ‘‘perceived attraction’’ and ‘‘perceived constraint’’ as nominal indicators. Relative fit indices suggested the two class solution as the best measurement model: the first class was mostly composed of adolescents who attributed a central role to the adolescent (internal causality), while the second class mostly composed of adolescents who attributed a central role to the recruiters (external causality). In addition, we explored some individual characteristics to test whether they could predict adolescents’ class membership. Results suggests that it is significantly more likely for adolescents with higher level of stress and risk-taking to attribute a central role to their peers’ internal motivation, rather than to the recruiter, in deciding to take part in the online self-harm challenge game. Implications for preventive interventions are discussed. |
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Villani, Daniela Florio, Eleonora Sorgente, Angela Castelli, Ilaria Riva, Giuseppe Marchetti, Antonella Massaro, Davide |
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Adolescents’ Beliefs About Peers’ Engagement in an Online Self-Harm Challenge: Exploring the Role of Individual Characteristics Through a Latent Class Analysis |
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