Spirituality Studies 11-2 Fall 2025 55 Peter Žitný et al. Spirituality, Coping, and Loneliness in Adolescent Cybervictimization: Emotional Loneliness as a Unique Predictor Received August 25, 2025 Revised September 7, 2025 Accepted September 8, 2025 Keywords Cybervictimization, cybervictim, social and emotional loneliness, coping strategies, spirituality The study examines associations among cybervictimization, personal spirituality, resilient coping, and social and emotional loneliness in Slovak adolescents. Overall, 36% reported at least occasional cybervictimization, with no gender difference. Cybervictimization correlated weakly and positively with social loneliness and emotional loneliness, while spirituality and resilient coping were non-significant. In regression, only emotional loneliness uniquely predicted higher cybervictimization. Findings indicate that emotional loneliness – reflecting a lack of intimate support – has a unique, small association with cybervictimization, whereas spirituality and coping did not directly reduce victimization risk, though they may still bolster resilience by providing meaning, comfort, and mitigation of emotional impact. Doc. PhDr. Peter Žitný, PhD., is a senior researcher specializing in injustice in social contexts and irrationality in human reasoning. He has served as a deputy principal investigator or co-investigator on several grants. Since 2008, he has been employed at the Department of Psychology at Trnava University in Trnava. He currently also serves as a psychologist at Children’s Home Potôčik, a churchrun residential care facility. Along with doc. PhDr. Mária Dědová, PhD., he is the corresponding author for this study. They can be reached at peter.zitny@truni.sk and maria.dedova@truni.sk. orcid.org Peter Žitný et al. Mária Dědová Veronika Mihaliková ←← Photography © 2025 Martin Dojčár Acknowledgement The study was funded by the Vega grant no. 1/0557/25.
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