Department of Psychology, University of Turin (Italy), Turin, Italy.
Department of Psychology, University of Lund (Sweden), Lund, Sweden.
Scand J Psychol. 2021 Apr;62(2):259-266. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12686. Epub 2020 Oct 13.
Time perspective has been recognized as an important psychological dimension with a pervasive and powerful influence on human behavior. To the authors' knowledge, no studies have focused on the relationship between time perspective and cyberbullying behavior. The first aim of this research is to fill this gap by investigating the relationship between different time perspectives and both cyberbullying and cybervictimization among 6th to 8th grade students. The second objective was to investigate the relationship between time perspective, cyberbullying behaviors, peer problems, and the quality of relationship with teachers. A sample consisting of 403 students aged between 11 and 14 years from Italian middle schools (56% females, mean age = 12.2 years) were recruited. Participants filled in a self-report questionnaire measuring cyberbullying and cybervictimization as well as the Time Perspective questionnaire. The analyses showed the presence of significant correlations between time perspective and both cyberbullying and cybervictimization. In particular, cybervictimization showed a quite large positive correlation with a past-negative orientation and a negative correlation with past-positive orientation. Instead, the involvement in active cyberbullying was positively correlated with a past-negative orientation and negatively correlated with future orientation. The findings advance the understanding of psychological factors influencing cyberbullying during early adolescence and suggest the importance of past-positive and past-negative orientations in accounting for both active cyberbullying and cybervictimization. As expected, future orientation appeared to represent a protective factor against involvement in cyberbullying behaviors.
时间视角被认为是一个重要的心理维度，对人类行为具有普遍而强大的影响。据作者所知，目前还没有研究关注时间视角与网络欺凌行为之间的关系。本研究旨在填补这一空白，调查不同时间视角与 6 至 8 年级学生的网络欺凌和网络受害行为之间的关系。第二个目的是研究时间视角、网络欺凌行为、同伴问题以及与教师关系的质量之间的关系。研究样本由来自意大利中学的 403 名 11 至 14 岁的学生（56%为女性，平均年龄为 12.2 岁）组成。参与者填写了一份自我报告问卷，该问卷测量了网络欺凌和网络受害行为以及时间视角问卷。分析表明，时间视角与网络欺凌和网络受害行为之间存在显著的相关性。具体而言，网络受害与过去消极取向呈较强的正相关，与过去积极取向呈负相关。相反，积极参与网络欺凌与过去消极取向呈正相关，与未来取向呈负相关。研究结果加深了对影响青少年早期网络欺凌的心理因素的理解，并表明过去积极和过去消极取向在解释积极网络欺凌和网络受害行为方面的重要性。正如预期的那样，未来取向似乎是参与网络欺凌行为的保护因素。
