How to analyze this critically? Literature suggests that the perception of being cyber-victimized is a stronger predicto

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How to analyze this critically?
Literature suggests that the perception of beingcyber-victimized is a stronger predictor of depression symptomsthan the perception of being victimized offline, and thatlearned-helplessness can explain the prediction of perceivedcyber-victimization on perceived depression. Nevertheless, otherstudies suggested that the link between perceived cyber-victimizedand learnedhelplessness is weakened by state self-esteem. Thisstudy investigates the double mediation effect of state self-esteemand learned-helplessness on the relationship between perceivedcyber-victimized and perceived depression. 104 participants between18 and 30 years of age (63 females, 41 males, 1 prefer not to say)have been recruited through haphazard sampling method to fill inthe Cyberbullying Victimization Scale, State Self-Esteem Scale,Learned Helplessness Scale, and Beck’s Depression Inventory. Ourfindings suggest that the double mediation effect occurs. As aconclusion, our findings suggested that cyberbullied social mediausers will only fall into perceived depression when their stateself-esteem is also negatively affected by their perception ofbeing cyberbullied, up to the point where they learn that they arehelpless. Further implication are discussed at the end of thepaper.
The aim of this study was to investigate whetherlearned-helplessness and state self-esteem can explain thecontribution of perceived cyber-victimization on perceiveddepression. Past studies in the area of cyberbullying haveconsistently shown that individuals who perceive themselves to becyberbullied are more likely to experience symptoms of depression[32, 33]. Similarly, the results from this study indicated thatperceived cyber-victimization as a model significantly predictslearned-helplessness through lowering state self-esteem andincreasing learned-helplessness. This finding is supported by thehopelessness theory of depression [68] that helplessness mightpredict hopelessness before leading one to depression. This isbecause social media users are less likely to experience perceiveddepression as a direct outcome of perceived cybervictimization,because learned helplessness usually develops over time, whichsubsequently results in perceived depression. Moreover, thetendency to experience learned helplessness can be lowered byadequate state self-esteem, indicating that perceivedcyber-victimization cannot directly explain perceived depression asan outcome. This finding also supports the reports of Cakar andSavi (2014) that decreased selfesteem predicts the onset ofhopelessness [69].