Literature Review: The Impact of Cyberbullying on Adolescent Mental Health and Prevention Efforts
Herdika Listya Kurniati

Faculty of health sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University

Abstract

Cyberbullying has been defined as the harassment and mistreatment of others using electronic devices repeatedly and intentionally. Most teenagers who experience cyberbullying will have psychological trauma. Cyberbullying adolescents tend to experience loneliness and social isolation, which leads to low self-esteem and depression. The purpose of writing an article is to find out the mental health of adolescent victims of cyberbullying and how to prevent it. This systematic review was carried out in June 2020. By searching databases including Google Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct. Keywords used: adolescent, cyberbullying, impact, mental health, psychological, victims. The results showed that adolescents who are victims of cyberbullying will experience psychological impacts including cognitive, affection and conative. The conclusion from writing a review article is that there is an impact on mental health in adolescents victims of cyberbullying. Therefore, needs to be an effort to provide awareness to the public, especially social media users, so that they can use it wisely and wisely as well as anticipate all things that can harm and hurt others.

Keywords: adolescent; cyberbullying impact; mental health

Topic: Mental Health, Community, Family Health and Gerontological Nursing