Cyberpsychology Journal

Our editors, Lenka Dědková and Joris Van Ouytsel, along with Brad Bushman (Editor of Psychology of Violence), participated in a lively Q&A session at the Workshop on Aggression 2025 in Brno.

Thank you to all participants for the thoughtful questions.💡

🔟 Understanding bystanders’ behaviour to cyberhate: An explanatory approach from the theory of normative social behaviour
✍ Olga Jiménez-Díaz, Joaquín A. Mora-Merchán, Paz Elipe, Rosario Del Rey
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

9️⃣ The impact of persuasion literacy training on anthropomorphization, privacy, and self-determined interactions with intelligent voice assistants
✍ André Markus, Maximilian Baumann, Jan Pfister, Astrid Carolus, Andreas Hotho, Carolin Wienrich
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

8️⃣ Beyond algorithm aversion: How users trade off decisional agency and optimal outcomes when choosing between algorithms and human decision-makers
✍ Gabi Schaap, Paul Hendriks Vettehen, Tibor Bosse
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

7️⃣ Intolerance of uncertainty and emotion dysregulation mediate relations between fear of negative evaluation and problematic social media use severity
✍ Elyse F. Hutcheson, Christian Montag, @jonelhai.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

6️⃣ The longitudinal comorbidity of specific problematic internet use and psychological distress: A cross-lagged panel network analysis
✍ Wenting Xu, Zeyang Yang, Zhihao Yan, Yuanli Liu, Mark Griffiths
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

5️⃣ Family strains and online gains: Longitudinal relationship between harsh parenting and problematic internet use via relative deprivation and online basic psychological need satisfaction
✍ Zongyuan Wang, Qinxue Liu, Zien Ding, Di Qi
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

4️⃣ Unraveling the positive and negative roles of positive body-focused social media interactions in adolescents’ body image
✍ Ilse Vranken, Lara Schreurs, Mireia Montaña Blasco, Laura Vandenbosch
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

3️⃣ A mediation analysis of the influence of sleep on the relationship between smartphone screen time and youth mental health
✍ Silvia Marin-Dragu, Matt Orr, Penny Corkum, Benjamin Rusak, Alexa Bagnell, Sandra Meier
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

2️⃣ A double-edged sword: Exploring associations between engagement with mental health content by social media influencers and psychological well-being
✍ Jaroslava Kaňková, Sofie Vranken, Jörg Matthes
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

1️⃣ Not so ephemeral after all: Longitudinal associations between emerging adults' engagement with ephemeral social media features, production stress, and social capital
✍ Michaela Forrai, Kevin Koban, Jörg Matthes
doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

☃️ The final issue of the year is here!

Vol. 19, No. 5 has just been published with 10 articles about influencer mental-health, sleep and smartphone use, algorithm vs. human decision-making, and many more.

🔓📖 The full issue is #OpenAccess here: cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2...

Enjoy reading!🎀

We’re thrilled to welcome Emmelyn Croes as our new Associate Editor! 🎉

Assistant Professor at @tilburg-university.bsky.social, she studies how people connect across online and offline media—from video calls to chatbots—and how social influencers shape well-being and behavior.

Welcome, Emmelyn!✨

We are grateful to all the authors, reviewers, editors, and assistants who made this issue possible - your hard work and dedication are deeply appreciated! 🙏

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Meme-ingful connections: Unleashing the power of memes, GIFs, and emojis in relationship-oriented online communication

Rachel X. Peng, Jin Chen

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Theory of mind predicts emoji comprehension in a sample of early adolescents: The moderating effect of social media use

Elisa Bisagno, Simone Pinetti, Alice Lucarini, Martina Basciano, Alessia Cadamuro

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Fear of missing out mediates the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and problematic smartphone use severity

Nisha Yao, Caleb Hallauer, Elyse Hutcheson, Jon Elhai

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Convergent and divergent predictors of extensive use time and problematic TikTok use

Ágnes Zsila, Mara S. Aruguete, Reza Shabahang, Ágnes Buvár, Gábor Orosz

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Unravelling social network usage patterns: A study based on unsupervised learning

Alfredo Zarco-Alpuente, Víctor Ciudad-Fernández, Marta Carrique-Martínez, Lucas Serrano-Pastor, Elisabeth Malonda-Vidal, Anna Llorca-Mestre, Rafael García-Ros, Paula Samper-García

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Bystanders’ perceptions on online hate speech: Investigating the effects of perpetrators’ justifications and the bystander’s role on bystanders’ attitude and prosocial intervention intentions

Sara Pabian

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Breaking barriers: The impact of intergroup contact on bystanders' actions against bias-based cyberbullying

Raquel António, Rita Guerra, Lindsey Cameron, Carla Moleiro

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Navigating the digital landscape: Exploring the relationship between social media affordances and Chinese Generation Z’s online prosocial and antisocial behaviors

Wu Li, Pengya Ai, Tian You Guo, Lianshan Zhang

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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The relationship between usage of social networking sites and meaning in life: Anonymous versus identifiable contexts

Lewis Nitschinsk, Stephanie J. Tobin, Nino Gugushvili, Carly A. McComb, Philippe Verduyn

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Investigating the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship of X and LINE use with online relationship and life satisfaction: A 4-Year cohort study among Japanese adults

Yu Takizawa

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

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Does the mere presence of smartphones impact cognition in the high school classroom?

Daniel B. le Roux, Douglas A. Parry, Jennifer Feldman

doi.org/10.5817/CP20...

🍂 Fall issue is out now! 🍂

Vol. 19, No. 4 offers 11 articles about smartphones’ mere presence in schools, social media and life satisfaction, meaning in life, or pro/pro-antisocial behaviors, and much more. See 🧵👇

📖 Read here: cyberpsychology.eu/issue/view/2...

🔓 Everything #OpenAccess

Enjoy!✨

We are deeply grateful to all the reviewers and editors who devote their time and expertise to provide thoughtful assessments and meaningful feedback. Our thanks also go to the authors, who place their trust in us and work diligently to improve their manuscripts throughout the review process. 🙏 ✨

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... because it's hard to get quality reviews.

In 2024, we sent a total of 2,415 review requests - that's 26 per article!

Most of these requests were left unanswered, and only 11% were accepted. Even among those, some were of low quality, and some were never delivered.

So to all reviewers:

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How long does it take?

70% of manuscripts received the initial editorial decision within 10 days (M = 11 days).

50% of manuscripts sent to reviews received the decision after the first round of reviews within 146 days from submission (M = 167 days).

Why so long?...

What are the chances of getting published?

Our acceptance rate is around 9%.

BUT most rejections happen after the initial editorial evaluation or after the first round of reviews. So if you get invited to revise the manuscript, the chances of getting published are high!