Cyberbullying and Adolescent Psychological Well-Being: Social Relationships, Coping Responses, and Adjustment after Online Victimization
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Cyberbullying has become a recurring form of peer victimization as adolescent relationships increasingly extend into digital spaces. This study examined how cyberbullying shapes adolescent psychological well-being and how social relationships influence that experience. This research use qualitative literature study. Relevant studies on cybervictimization, psychological well-being, loneliness, coping, peer relations, and social support were read comparatively and analysed thematically. The finding shows that cyberbullying operated as social victimization whose persistence and visibility could intensify distress. Psychological harm appeared through loneliness, stress, diminished self-worth, reduced control, and disruption of social belonging. The literature also showed substantial variation in adolescent responses. Supportive family relationships, peer support, social connectedness, coping capacity, and resilience could alter how victimization was interpreted and managed. The findings indicated that psychological well-being after cyberbullying cannot be understood only as an individual outcome because digital victimization is embedded in peer relationships and wider social environments.
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