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Cyber-Harassment Victimization Among South African LGBTQIA+ Youth

Kayla Hendricks
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Pitso Tsibolane
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Jean-Paul Van Belle
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Abstract

Cyber-harassment victimization is one of today’s major problems affecting the wellbeing of youth, particularly those that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual and gender non-conforming (LGBTQIA+). This exploratory study aims to determine the nature of cyber-harassment victimization, its enablers, and the coping mechanisms that online platforms provide to prevent or stop cyber-harassment. An online survey of ninety (n = 90) LGBTQIA+ young adults of ages between 18 and 34 from South Africa reveals a high incidence of exclusion, outing and harassment, covering a wide variety of types, duration and experienced severity, taking place through text messaging and social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Most LGBTQIA+ youth resort to measures such as blocking, deleting offensive content and adjusting privacy settings to cope with cyber-victimization. Worryingly, the most severe effects of harassment such as depression, drug abuse, self-harm and suicide contemplation, have significant correlations with the harassment type used, harassment duration and harassment frequency. The paper discusses the implications for educational and social practice and future studies.
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hal-03774210 , version 1 (09-09-2022)

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Kayla Hendricks, Pitso Tsibolane, Jean-Paul Van Belle. Cyber-Harassment Victimization Among South African LGBTQIA+ Youth. 19th Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society (I3E), Apr 2020, Skukuza, South Africa. pp.135-146, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-45002-1_12⟩. ⟨hal-03774210⟩
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