Helicopter parenting and depressive level among non-clinical Chinese college students: A moderated mediation model

2021 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. 522-529
Author(s):  
Junjing Wang ◽  
Ruiju Lai ◽  
An Yang ◽  
Mengdan Yang ◽  
Yuan Guo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Helicopter Parenting ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model

Why victimized by peers promotes cyberbullying in college students? Testing a moderated mediation model in a three-wave longitudinal study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chen Zhang ◽  
Lin-Xin Wang ◽  
Kai Dou ◽  
Yue Liang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Online Bullying ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
High Level

Cyberbullying is a major youth social problem over the world and it has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes. However, few studies investigated how offline peer victimization affect cyberbullying and the potential relations between family factors and cyberbullying remains unknown. The current study addresses this gap in knowledge by examining the victimized by peers is associated with higher moral disengagement which further promotes college student’s bullying online. A three-wave longitudinal study, each wave spanning six months apart, was conducted in a sample of 521 Chinese college students (Mage = 22.45, SD = 4.44, 59.3% girls). Results of moderated mediation model shown that peer victimization at T1 predicted more cyberbullying at T3 through moral disengagement at T2, after controlling for demographic variables and cyberbullying at T1. T2 moral disengagement significantly mediating the association between T1 peer victimization and T3 cyberbullying. In addition, high level of negative parenting strengthened the effect of moral disengagement at T2 on cyberbullying at T3. The prevention and intervention for both offline and online bullying victimization are discussed.

Help From a Friend: Helicopter Parenting Predicts Empathy and Bystander Intervention

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110358
Author(s):  
Katey Hayes ◽  
Lisa A. Turner
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Helicopter Parenting ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Personal Distress ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Lower Likelihood

Harassment toward others happens in many contexts with a myriad of negative impacts on victims, witnesses, and society. Although preventing harassment of others is ideal, it is also important to consider how bystanders may react in ways to defend the victim and reduce the harassment. Bystanders differ in their reactions to these events and the goal of this investigation is to better understand individual differences in college students’ reported tendency to defend victims of harassment. We proposed a mediation model where higher rates of helicopter parenting would predict lower empathic concern and greater personal distress. In turn, lower empathic concern and greater personal distress would predict lower likelihood of defending the victim. College students ( n = 305) completed self-report measures of helicopter parenting, empathic concern, personal distress, and bystander intervention to general harassment. Using the Hayes PROCESS program, we found the relation of helicopter parenting to bystander intervention was mediated by empathic concern, such that helicopter parenting predicted lower empathic concern, which predicted lower likelihood of intervening. Helicopter parenting predicted greater personal distress, but personal distress did not predict bystander intervention. In an exploratory analysis, we tested a moderated mediation model in which personal distress moderated the relation of empathic concern to bystander intervention. The moderated mediation model was statistically significant; for students with low to moderate personal distress, empathic concern predicted self-reported intervention. However, for students high in personal distress, empathic concern was not related to self-reported intervention. The current study explained a small amount of the variance in bystander intervention. These findings demonstrate the complex family and personal factors that may explain, to a small degree, individual differences in bystander intervention. Further studies should consider the complex contextual variables that may influence this relationship.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Online Aggressive Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baojuan Ye ◽  
Yadi Zeng ◽  
Hohjin Im ◽  
Mingfan Liu ◽  
Xinqiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Online Behavior ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Relationship

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, fear has run rampant across the globe. To curb the spread of the virus, several governments have taken measures to drastically transition businesses, work, and schooling to virtual settings. While such transitions are warranted and well-intended, these measures may come with unforeseen consequences. Namely, one’s fear of COVID-19 may more readily manifest as aggressive behaviors in an otherwise incognito virtual social ecology. In the current research, a moderated mediation model examined the mechanisms underlying the relation between fear of COVID-19 and overt and relational aggressive online behavior among Chinese college students. Utilizing a large sample of Chinese college students (N = 2,799), results indicated that moral disengagement mediated the effect of fear of COVID-19 on college students’ overt and relational online aggressive behavior. A positive family cohesion buffered the effect of moral disengagement on relational aggressive behavior, but only for females. The findings, theoretical contributions, and practical implications of the present paper are also discussed.

scholarly journals Family Cohesion and Stress Consequences Among Chinese College Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadi Zeng ◽  
Baojuan Ye ◽  
Yanzhen Zhang ◽  
Qiang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Affective Empathy ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Internal And External Factors

Family plays a pivotal role in individuals' mental health. During the COVID-19 epidemic, people were being quarantined at home to prevent the further spread of the virus. Therefore, the influence of family on individuals is more significant than usual. It is reasonable to assume that family cohesion can effectively alleviate the stress consequences during the COVID-19 epidemic. In the present study, a moderated mediation model was constructed to examine the mechanisms underlying the association between family cohesion and stress consequences among Chinese college students. A large sample of Chinese college students (N = 1,254, Mage = 19.85, SDage = 1.29) participated in the study. Results indicated that family cohesion was negatively related to stress consequences. Fear of COVID-19 partially mediated the link between family cohesion and stress consequences. Excessive affective empathy reported by participants served to aggravate the relation between fear of COVID-19 and stress consequences. The study helps us understand how internal and external factors affect individual mental health that provides meaningful implications for promoting mental health.

scholarly journals The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and online aggressive behavior: A moderated mediation model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baojuan Ye ◽  
Yadi Zeng ◽  
Hohjin Im ◽  
Mingfan Liu ◽  
Xinqiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Social Ecology ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Virtual Setting

In the midst of COVID-19, fear has run rampant across the globe. In an effort to curb the spread of the virus, the social ecology as we had known it had drastically transitioned to a virtual setting. However, such a transition, while warranted and well-intended, may come with unforeseen consequences. Namely, one’s fear of COVID-19 may more readily manifest in subsequent behaviors in an otherwise incognito virtual social ecology. In the current research, a moderated mediation model examined the mechanisms underlying the relation between fear of COVID-19 and aggressive online behavior among Chinese college students. Utilizing a large sample of Chinese college students (N = 2,799), results indicated that fear of COVID-19 was directly positively related to engagement in online aggressive behavior. Moral disengagement partially mediated the link between fear of COVID-19 and college students’ online aggressive behavior. The degree of family cohesion reported by participants served to buffer against the relation between moral disengagement and online aggressive behavior. The findings, theoretical contributions, and practical implications of the present paper are also discussed.

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