Universidad de Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain.
Aggress Behav. 2021 May;47(3):332-342. doi: 10.1002/ab.21958. Epub 2021 Mar 3.
Adolescents' involvement in cyberbullying has been a growing public health concern for some time. Cybervictimization and cyberaggression are two phenomena that previous research has often shown to be associated. However, longitudinal research into these associations and also into potential risk factors for these phenomena is less common. Anger rumination is a proven risk factor for aggressive behavior, but the relationship between anger rumination and victimization is not clear. The present longitudinal study investigated the associations between cybervictimization, anger rumination and cyberbullying in a sample of 3017 adolescents (M = 13.15; SD = 1.09; 49% girls) from 7th to 9th grade. The European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire and the Anger Rumination Scale were administered in four waves with 6 months intervals over a total period of 18 months. The associations between the variables were analyzed with a cross-lagged model. We found that: cybervictimization predicted anger rumination and cyberaggression; anger rumination was associated with later increases in both cybervictimization and cyberaggression: but involvement in cyberaggression predicted neither subsequent involvement in cybervictimization, nor in anger rumination. In addition, cybervictimization was found to mediate the association between anger rumination and cyberaggression. This study expands the understanding of the factors associated with cybervictimization and cyberaggression, and its results indicate that intervention programs should focus on boosting self-control to decrease impulsive behavior and protocols to prevent and intervene in cyberbullying.
青少年参与网络欺凌已经成为一段时间以来公众健康关注的一个日益严重的问题。网络受害和网络攻击是两个先前的研究经常表明相关的现象。然而,对这些关联以及这些现象的潜在风险因素进行纵向研究则较为少见。愤怒反刍是攻击性行为的一个已知风险因素,但愤怒反刍与受害之间的关系尚不清楚。本纵向研究调查了在一个由 3017 名 7 至 9 年级青少年(M = 13.15;SD = 1.09;49%为女孩)组成的样本中,网络受害、愤怒反刍和网络欺凌之间的关联。在 18 个月的总期间内,使用欧洲网络欺凌干预项目问卷和愤怒反刍量表进行了四次测量,间隔 6 个月。使用交叉滞后模型分析了变量之间的关联。我们发现:网络受害预测了愤怒反刍和网络攻击;愤怒反刍与后来网络受害和网络攻击的增加都有关联:但是网络攻击的参与既不能预测随后的网络受害参与,也不能预测愤怒反刍的参与。此外,还发现网络受害在愤怒反刍和网络攻击之间的关联中起中介作用。本研究扩展了对与网络受害和网络攻击相关的因素的理解,其结果表明,干预计划应侧重于提高自我控制能力,以减少冲动行为,并制定预防和干预网络欺凌的方案。