ABSTRACT

This Australian study explored the resilience to online abusive activity and enticements to violence amongst a cohort of young people in vulnerable contexts. The vulnerable contexts were defined as those where family disruption, domestic violence and subsequent geographical dislocation were present in the young person’s environment. The young people, aged 12 to 19 years, were interviewed to elicit the prevalence of abusive or violent online and social media behaviours and were invited to discuss the resilience strategies they used to deal with such behaviours. Whilst resilience to online abusive activity has been studied in some depth, the prevalence of such activity and its effect upon young people in domestic violence or other abusive contexts has not. This study which examined the first-hand responses of a small number of young people in domestic violence contexts, found that the resilience strategies were dependent upon the maturity of the individual, the perceived support mechanisms available to the young person, the peer group attitude and the emotional attachment to the peer group. The results broadly match resilience strategies evident in the existing literature but add new knowledge about the significance of the maturation process and its effect upon resilience strategies for vulnerable youth. The study provides new insights into the development of resilience in online or social media contexts for young people in vulnerable contexts.

摘要

这项澳大利亚的研究探索了在弱势环境中一群年轻人对网络滥用行为的抵御能力和对暴力的诱惑。脆弱的环境被定义为在年轻人的环境中存在家庭破裂，家庭暴力和随后的地理错位的环境。采访了12至19岁的年轻人，以发现他们普遍存在虐待和暴力的在线和社交媒体行为，并被邀请讨论他们用来应对此类行为的应变策略。尽管已经对网络滥用行为的抵御能力进行了深入研究，但这种行为的普遍性及其在家庭暴力或其他滥用情况下对年轻人的影响尚未得到研究。这项研究调查了少数年轻人在家庭暴力情况下的第一手反应，发现复原力策略取决于个人的成熟度，年轻人可以使用的感知支持机制，同伴群体的态度和对同伴群体的情感依恋。该结果与现有文献中显而易见的适应力策略大致相符，但为成熟过程的重要性及其对弱势青年的适应力策略的影响增加了新的认识。该研究为弱势环境中的年轻人提供了在线或社交媒体环境中复原力发展的新见解。年轻人可用的感知支持机制，同伴群体的态度以及对同伴群体的情感依恋。该结果与现有文献中显而易见的适应力策略大致相符，但为成熟过程的重要性及其对弱势青年的适应力策略的影响增加了新的认识。该研究为弱势环境中的年轻人提供了在线或社交媒体环境中复原力发展的新见解。年轻人可用的感知支持机制，同伴群体的态度以及对同伴群体的情感依恋。该结果与现有文献中显而易见的适应力策略大致相符，但为成熟过程的重要性及其对弱势青年的适应力策略的影响增加了新的认识。该研究为弱势环境中的年轻人提供了在线或社交媒体环境中复原力发展的新见解。