Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Italy.
Br J Dev Psychol. 2013 Mar;31(Pt 1):1-14. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02066.x. Epub 2011 Oct 21.
The aim of the present study was to investigate moral aspects and human values in traditional bullying and cyberbullying, in order to detect differences between the two types of bullying and to test the role of immoral and disengaged behaviours in mediating the relationships between personal values and involvement in bullying. Sample comprised 390 adolescents aged 14-18, balanced for gender, attending different high schools. Traditional and cyberbullying were detected by means of two self-report measures, while the Portrait Values Questionnaire was used to assess 10 values in four dimensions according to the value system model by Schwartz (1992): self-trascendence, self-enhancement, openness to change, and conservation. Finally, immoral and disengaged behaviours were assessed by means of five items about behavioural and personal aspects salient for morality. Results showed that, irrespective of gender, self-enhancement and self-trascendence moderately predicted cyber and traditional bullying, respectively, while immoral and disengaged behaviours predicted both. Indirect effects showed that self-enhancement and openness to change predicted both forms of bullying through immoral behaviour. Results are discussed in terms of similarities and differences between cyber and traditional bullying and with attention to the central role of morality in explaining bullying nature.
本研究旨在探讨传统欺凌和网络欺凌中的道德方面和人类价值观，以检测两种欺凌类型之间的差异，并检验不道德和不参与行为在调节个人价值观与欺凌行为之间关系中的作用。样本包括 390 名 14-18 岁的青少年，按性别均衡分布，分别就读于不同的高中。传统欺凌和网络欺凌通过两种自我报告的测量方法来检测，而肖像价值观问卷则用于根据施瓦茨（1992 年）的价值观系统模型评估四个维度的 10 种价值观：自我超越、自我增强、对变化的开放性和保守性。最后，不道德和不参与的行为通过五个关于行为和个人方面的项目来评估，这些方面与道德有关。结果表明，无论性别如何，自我增强和自我超越分别适度预测网络欺凌和传统欺凌，而不道德和不参与的行为则预测两者。间接效应表明，自我增强和对变化的开放性通过不道德行为预测了这两种欺凌形式。结果从网络欺凌和传统欺凌的相似和不同之处进行了讨论，并关注了道德在解释欺凌本质中的核心作用。
