1 School of Communications, Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah.
2 Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2018 May;21(5):294-303. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2017.0586.
Cyberbullying perpetration continues to be a prevalent and harmful phenomenon. Despite the recent wealth of studies that examine cyberbullying frequency, further research is needed to investigate protective factors or variables that decrease the likelihood of engaging in cyberbullying perpetration. Past work has identified certain types of parenting as a potential protective factor against adolescent cyberbullying perpetration; however, there is a paucity of research testing these relations over time. This study explores parenting during early adolescence as predicting attitudes and behaviors associated with cyberbullying in late adolescence. Data were derived from the Flourishing Families Project (FFP) at Wave 2 (M age = 12) and Wave 9 (M age = 19). Results suggest that the authoritative parenting style-specifically the warmth and support dimension-was associated with less supportive attitudes toward cyberbullying and lower levels of cyberbullying in emerging adulthood. Moreover, particularly for boys, authoritarian parenting behaviors served as a risk factor for cyberbullying engagement. Suggestions are offered to advocate for greater positive parenting education during early adolescence as a potential protective factor against cyberbullying.
网络欺凌行为仍然是一种普遍且有害的现象。尽管最近有大量研究探讨了网络欺凌的频率，但仍需要进一步研究以调查降低参与网络欺凌行为可能性的保护因素或变量。过去的研究已经确定了某些类型的父母教养方式是青少年网络欺凌行为的潜在保护因素；然而，几乎没有研究测试这些关系随时间的变化。本研究探讨了青少年早期的父母教养方式对青少年晚期与网络欺凌相关的态度和行为的预测作用。数据来自于 Flourishing Families Project（FFP）的第 2 波（M 年龄=12 岁）和第 9 波（M 年龄=19 岁）。结果表明，权威型教养方式——特别是温暖和支持维度——与对网络欺凌的支持态度较少以及成年早期的网络欺凌水平较低有关。此外，对于男孩来说，专制型教养行为是网络欺凌参与的一个风险因素。建议在青少年早期提倡更多积极的父母教养教育，将其作为预防网络欺凌的潜在保护因素。
