1 Department of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam , Amsterdam, The Netherlands .
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014 Feb;17(2):74-81. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0307. Epub 2013 Sep 9.
The present study examined the role of media use in adolescents' cyberbullying behavior. Following previous research, we propose a Cyclic Process Model of face-to-face victimization and cyberbullying through two mediating processes of anger/frustration and antisocial media content. This model was tested utilizing a cross-sectional design with adolescent participants (N=892). Exposure to antisocial media content was measured with a newly developed content-based scale (i.e., the C-ME), showing good psychometric qualities. Results of structural equation modeling showed that adolescents' exposure to antisocial media content was significantly associated with cyberbullying behavior, especially in adolescents who experienced anger and frustration due to face-to-face victimization. Goodness of fit indices demonstrated a good fit of the theoretical model to the data and indicated that exposure to antisocial media content acts as an amplifier in a cyclic process of victimization-related anger and cyberbullying behavior.
本研究考察了媒体使用在青少年网络欺凌行为中的作用。根据先前的研究，我们提出了一个通过两个中介过程——愤怒/挫折和反社会媒体内容——将面对面受害与网络欺凌联系起来的循环过程模型。该模型利用青少年参与者（N=892）的横断面设计进行了测试。反社会媒体内容的暴露程度是通过新开发的基于内容的量表（即 C-ME）来衡量的，该量表具有良好的心理测量学质量。结构方程模型的结果表明，青少年接触反社会媒体内容与网络欺凌行为显著相关，尤其是在因面对面受害而产生愤怒和挫折感的青少年中。拟合优度指数表明，理论模型与数据的拟合良好，表明接触反社会媒体内容在与受害相关的愤怒和网络欺凌行为的循环过程中起到了放大作用。
