Peer victimization is a frequent occurrence for many adolescents; however, some of the psychometric properties of self-report scales assessing these experiences remain unclear.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• The Effects of Cyberbullying Victimization and Personality Characteristics on Adolescent Mental Health: An Application of the Stress Process Model (2021) · doi

  Although a considerable body of research has documented the association between victimization experience and adolescent mental health, previous studies have not investigated the mediating effects of personality characteristics such as social competence and self-mastery on the associations between cyberbullying victimization and mental health.

  Keywords: victimization mental health considerable body documented association experience adolescent previous investigated mediating effects personality characteristics
• Parental Mediation and Cyberbullying: A Narrative Literature Review (2022) · doi

  A total of 18 papers were selected, including samples aged between 8 and 18 years and showing mixed findings on the preventive role of restrictive PM strategies on cyberbullying.

  Keywords: total papers selected including samples aged years showing mixed preventive role restrictive strategies cyberbullying
• Development of the Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale–Revised (MPVS-R) and the Multidimensional Peer Bullying Scale (MPVS-RB) (2015) · doi

  Peer victimization is a frequent occurrence for many adolescents; however, some of the psychometric properties of self-report scales assessing these experiences remain unclear.

  Keywords: peer victimization frequent occurrence adolescents psychometric properties self report scales assessing experiences remain unclear
• Remaining connected in the face of cyberbullying: Why social connectedness is important for mental health (2019) · doi

  Separate research shows that higher levels of social connectedness may result in more positive mental health outcomes, however, the relationship between social connectedness and mental health in the face of cyberbullying is not yet fully understood.

  Keywords: social connectedness mental health separate shows higher levels result positive outcomes relationship face cyberbullying fully
• A Latent Transition Analysis of Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying Among Chinese Adolescents: Associations With Life Satisfaction and Depression (2026) · doi

  Nevertheless, few studies have differentiated between traditional bullying and cyberbullying to examine how their interplay shapes distinct bullying involvement profiles and how these profiles link with well‐being and mental health outcomes.

  Keywords: bullying profiles nevertheless differentiated traditional cyberbullying examine interplay shapes distinct involvement link well mental health
• Racial differences in cyberbullying from the perspective of victims and perpetrators. (2020) · doi

  Although cyberbullying has attracted a good deal of research attention in recent years, we know much less about how cyberbullying differs by race and ethnicity, and the few studies that have examined this topic have yielded conflicting findings.

  Keywords: cyberbullying attracted good deal attention recent years know less differs race ethnicity examined topic yielded
• Relation of Depression and Anxiety to Self‐ and Peer‐Reported Relational Aggression (2011) · doi

  Adolescents who overreported their own relational victimization and aggression compared with peer report had more symptoms compared with those who agreed with their peers or underreported their aggression and victimization.

  Keywords: victimization aggression compared adolescents overreported relational peer report symptoms agreed peers underreported
• Links Between Peer Victimization, Perceived School Safety, and Internalizing Symptoms in Middle Childhood (2019) · doi

  However, few studies have examined contextual factors that may impact how peer victimization contributes to these symptoms in middle childhood, especially in the form of victimization.

  Keywords: victimization examined contextual factors impact peer contributes symptoms middle childhood especially form