@misc{10481/66541,
year = {2020},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66541},
abstract = {Previous research has highlighted the relationship between being cybervictimised and the
presence of clinical symptoms, such as depression. To date, however, there has been no comparative
analysis of the personal resources profiles of adolescent victims of cyberbullying with and without
depressive symptoms. The current study analysed the relationship between positive personal resources
and clinical symptoms in 251 adolescent victims of cyberbullying at several Spanish high schools.
It examined how several positive personal resources varied in adolescent victims of cyberbullying
who displayed symptoms of depression (n = 89) or did not (n = 162). Victims of cyberbullying who
displayed depressive symptoms reported lower levels of personal resources (emotional intelligence,
gratitude, optimism, and forgiveness) than those who did not. Logistic regression provided evidence
that gratitude was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms in victims of cyberbullying, followed
by emotional intelligence and optimism. These findings expand the existing literature on the role of
personal resources in mental health and highlight the need for their development in youths to help them
cope more effectively and function better after being cyberbullied.},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia

CTS-1048},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia/FEDER funds 	
UMA 18-FEDERJA-147},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Cyberbullying},
keywords = {Victimisation},
keywords = {Adolescents},
keywords = {Depressive symptomatology},
keywords = {Personal resources},
title = {The Relationship between Personal Resources and Depression in a Sample of Victims of Cyberbullying: Comparison of Groups with and without Symptoms of Depression},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph17249307},
author = {Rey, Lourdes and Quintana Orts, Cirenia},
}