Conceptualizing the impacts of cyberbullying victimization among Korean male adolescents

•Concept mapping revealed six major impacts of cyberbullying victimization.•Seeking social support was rated as the most important impact.•Internalized problems were the second major impact of cyberbullying victimization.•Impacts related to avoidance were rated as the least important.•Impacts included school/peer, externalized, and online problems, and avoidance. This study aimed to explore and conceptualize the impacts of cyberbullying victimization as perceived by 47 Korean male adolescents using a mixed-methods, concept mapping approach. Concept mapping revealed six major impacts of cyberbullying victimization among Korean male adolescents: internalized problems (M = 3.97), externalized problems (M = 3.51), school and peer problems (M = 3.92), online problems (M = 3.84), seeking social support (M = 4.17), and avoidance (M = 3.49). Based on the results, the conceptual framework presented herein can be utilized to plan and develop assessment and intervention approaches with male adolescents experiencing cyberbullying victimization.