Network Anonymity and Cyberbullying among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model

Zhang, L (通讯作者),Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Wuhan 430056, Peoples R China.;Zhang, L (通讯作者),Key Lab Human Dev & Mental Hlth Hubei Prov, Wuhan 430056, Peoples R China.;Zhang, L (通讯作者),Minist Educ, Key Lab Adolescent Cyberpsychol & Behav, Wuhan 430056, Peoples R China.
2022-1
Cyberbullying is an important issue which prevails among children and adolescents. The present study aimed to investigate the association between network anonymity and cyberbullying behavior and examine the mediating role of network morality and the moderating role of self-control in the linkage of network anonymity and cyberbullying behavior. A total of 620 participants were recruited from three high schools in southeast China and were required to complete a questionnaire measuring network anonymity, cyberbullying behavior, network morality, and self-control. A moderated mediation model was conducted by using PROCESS Macro for SPSS 3.5. The results showed that network anonymity was negatively associated with cyberbullying behavior among Chinese adolescents. Network morality mediated the association and self-control moderated the indirect association between network anonymity and cyberbullying behavior via network morality. These findings indicate that improving the network morality and self-control of adolescents with the joint efforts of individuals, families, government, and society as a whole may be an effective intervention strategy for cyberbullying behavior under the framework of digital citizens.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:19|期号:2
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Fuzhou University; Central China Normal University
资助机构
National Social Science Foundation of China
资助信息
This research was funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China, grant number 19BSH087.
被引频次(WOS)
2
被引频次(其他)
2
180天使用计数
16
2013以来使用计数
32
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2022-1
DOI
10.3390/ijerph19020637
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
cyberbullying behavior network anonymity network morality self-control moderated mediation
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health