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Psychology

The University of Maine

Honors College

2018

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The Connection Between Cyberbullying And Teenage Suicide: An Honors Thesis, Sierra Crosby May 2018

The Connection Between Cyberbullying And Teenage Suicide: An Honors Thesis, Sierra Crosby

Honors College

The act of bullying within school systems has existed for a very long time; so long that there are decades of research that investigate the negative psychological impacts of bullying. However, currently, bullying has taken on a cyber form thanks to the invention of the internet and all the social media apps that follow. Young adolescents are using social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram to keep in constant contact with each other, but bullies have used this tool as another way to harass their victims and send cruel and threatening messages to their victims. Within the last …

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Risk And Resilience: Interpersonal And Intrapersonal Factors Influencing Adolescent Peer Rejection And Depression, Tyler Hicks May 2018

Risk And Resilience: Interpersonal And Intrapersonal Factors Influencing Adolescent Peer Rejection And Depression, Tyler Hicks

Honors College

This study aimed to examine James C. Coyne’s (1976) interpersonal theory of depression, which supposes that individuals with depression engage in aversive behaviors, causing those around them to reject the relationship in a group of adolescents aged 11-18 (N = 82). Data from the North Yarmouth Academy Peer Project, collected by Dr. Rebecca Schwartz-Mette was used to assess the effect of peer rejection on adolescent depressive symptoms. Participants were surveyed on a number of scales rating emotional adjustment, psychosocial function, internalizing problems, and friendship behaviors. Moderator variables, including three interpersonal behaviors (excessive reassurance-seeking, negative feedback-seeking, conversational self-focus) and one social-cognitive …

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