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.

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 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.

Parental Phubbing and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Perpetration: A Moderated Mediation Model of Moral Disengagement and Online Disinhibition

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052096187
Author(s):  
Xingchao Wang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Yuran Qiao ◽  
Ling Gao ◽  
Jiping Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Schools ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Online Disinhibition ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The current study sought to examine whether parental phubbing was significantly related to adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration and if moral disengagement mediated this relationship. We further examined whether online disinhibition moderated the direct and indirect relationships between parental phubbing and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration. The participants included 2,407 adolescents from seven middle schools in China who completed the questionnaires regarding their experience with parental phubbing, moral disengagement, cyberbullying perpetration, and online disinhibition. Results indicated that adolescents with a high level of parental phubbing were likely to cyberbully others. Moral disengagement significantly mediated the relationship between parental phubbing and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration. Furthermore, online disinhibition moderated the indirect relationship between parental phubbing and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration. Specifically, the paths from parental phubbing to moral disengagement and from moral disengagement to cyberbullying perpetration became strengthened when adolescents experienced high levels of online disinhibition.

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