Peled Yehuda, Medvin Mandy B, Pieterse Efrat, Domanski Linda
Western Galilee College, Israel.
Westminster College, USA.
Heliyon. 2019 Dec 18;5(12):e03048. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03048. eCollection 2019 Dec.
We examined how normative beliefs about cyberbullying influenced the choice of electronic aggression in hypothetical peer-to-peer scenarios. Data was collected from 1097 Israeli and 1196 U.S. students in grades 5-10, who completed self-report surveys examining normative beliefs about cyberbullying, aggressive cyberstrategies, face-to-face verbal and relational aggression, and access to electronic devices. Israeli students had higher levels of all aggression measures than U.S. students, but access to electronic devices was similar across the two countries. Normative beliefs about cyberbullying were positively associated with verbal and relational aggression. In Israeli, normative beliefs in boys were higher than girls in 5 and 6 grade, similar in 7 and 8 grade, and then higher again in 9 and 10 grade. In the U.S., boys had higher normative beliefs about cyberbullying than girls, and older students had higher beliefs than younger students. Findings using logistic regression indicated that normative beliefs about cyberbullying were predictive of Cyber-aggression even when taking into account grade, country, gender, access to electronic devices, and face-to-face relational aggression. Cyber-aggressive strategies were more likely to be present at the highest level of normative beliefs. Ways to change student beliefs using a social cognitive perspective are discussed.
我们研究了关于网络欺凌的规范信念如何在假设的 peer-to-peer 情境中影响电子攻击行为的选择。数据收集自1097名以色列和1196名美国5至10年级的学生，他们完成了自我报告调查，调查内容包括关于网络欺凌的规范信念、攻击性网络策略、面对面言语和关系攻击以及电子设备的使用情况。以色列学生在所有攻击行为测量指标上的得分都高于美国学生，但两国在电子设备的使用方面相似。关于网络欺凌的规范信念与言语和关系攻击呈正相关。在以色列，5、6年级男生的规范信念高于女生，7、8年级相似，9、10年级男生的规范信念再次高于女生。在美国，男生对网络欺凌的规范信念高于女生，且年龄较大的学生比年龄较小的学生信念更高。逻辑回归分析结果表明，即使考虑到年级、国家、性别、电子设备的使用情况以及面对面关系攻击，关于网络欺凌的规范信念仍能预测网络攻击行为。在规范信念最高水平时，网络攻击策略更有可能出现。本文还讨论了从社会认知角度改变学生信念的方法。
