Chng Grace S, Liau Albert, Khoo Angeline, Li Dongdong
National Institute of Education Singapore.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2014;199:98-102.
Parents use active and restrictive mediation strategies to guide and regulate children's online participation and the online risks they encounter. However, changes in parental mediation do occur over time and the effectiveness of these strategies on cyberbullying demands for further empirical investigation. The current study addresses these issues with a sample of 1084 students (49% girls) in a longitudinal, three-wave design. Gender differences were tested via multi-group analyses. Longitudinal growth models showed that parental use of both active and restrictive mediation decreased over time. For both types of mediation, the mean rate of change had a significant effect on boys' engagement in cyberbullying, but not for girls. Initial levels of restrictive mediation, but not active mediation, were found to be significantly predictive of cyberbullying in both genders. Girls had higher initial levels of both parental mediation types in comparison to boys. The results reveal that the effectiveness of active and restrictive mediation in relation to students' cyberbullying differs and informs us on gender differences. The implications of these results for parental education in online mediation are discussed.
父母采用积极和限制型调解策略来指导和规范孩子的网络参与以及他们所面临的网络风险。然而，父母调解方式确实会随时间发生变化，这些策略对网络欺凌的有效性需要进一步的实证研究。本研究采用纵向三波设计，以1084名学生（49%为女生）为样本解决了这些问题。通过多组分析检验了性别差异。纵向增长模型表明，父母对积极和限制型调解的使用都随时间减少。对于这两种调解类型，变化的平均速率对男孩参与网络欺凌有显著影响，但对女孩没有影响。研究发现，限制型调解的初始水平而非积极型调解的初始水平能显著预测两性的网络欺凌行为。与男孩相比，女孩在两种父母调解类型上的初始水平都更高。结果表明，积极和限制型调解在学生网络欺凌方面的有效性存在差异，并为我们提供了性别差异方面的信息。讨论了这些结果对在线调解中父母教育的启示。
