Cyberbullying Prepetration and Victimization among Chinese Adolescents

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.254How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cyberbullying victimization; cyberbullying perpetration; adolescence; China

Abstract

Cyberbullying is a prevalent phenomenon among Chinese adolescents and has severe consequences. The common forms of cyberbullying engagement include cyberbullying victimization and cyberbullying perpetration. Previous studies focused more on cyberbullying victimization. Thus, the current study reviews research concerning cyberbullying among Chinese adolescents to summarize the correlates of the two forms of cyberbullying engagement and compare them with each other. The main findings of the current review include that: (1) male adolescents are more likely to cyberbully others while the gender difference in cyberbullying victimization is still on the debate; (2) traditional bullying victimization is the strongest predictor of cyberbullying victimization and a moderate predictor of cyberbullying perpetration; (3) parental psychological control predicts both cyberbullying victimization and cyberbullying perpetration while the predictive effect is mediated by avoidance motivation and revenge motivation respectively; (4) cyberbullying victimization is positively correlated with depression while the positive correlation between cyberbullying perpetration and depression is even stronger. Cyberbullying victimization and perpetration may be intertwined with each other to present an integrative effect on the individual. Prevention strategies at different levels to reduce cyberbullying engagement are raised and a ‘whole-school anti-bullying approach’ is suggested.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhan Feng
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Cyberbullying Prepetration and Victimization among Chinese Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1506
EP  - 1512
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.254
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.254
ID  - Feng2021
ER  -