Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 18;18(6):3114. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063114.
Research has demonstrated that cyber victimization is consistently associated with higher problem behaviors such as problematic technology use. However, little research has examined specific individual dispositions that can serve as a buffer in the link between cyber victimization and higher problematic uses of technology (i.e., problematic Internet, smartphone, and social media), such as core self-evaluations (CSE). A convenience sample of 1211 high school students, 657 females, 554 males, aged 12 to 18 (mean age = 13.74) completed measures of cyber victimization, CSE, and different problematic technology-related behaviors. Results of correlational analysis revealed significant associations between cyber victimization and all problematic uses of technology. Our findings also suggested that high CSE weakened the relationship between cyber victimization and two of the three problematic uses of technology. Consistent with social compensation theory, cyber victimization was concurrently linked to different problematic uses of technology. Low CSE also strengthened the link between cyber victimization and problems use of smartphones and social media and also showed a marginally significant interaction with cyber victimization in predicting problematic Internet use. Implications of these preliminary findings are discussed and avenues for further research are offered.
研究表明，网络受害与更高的问题行为（如问题性技术使用）始终相关。然而，很少有研究检查可以在网络受害与更高的技术问题使用（即问题性互联网、智能手机和社交媒体）之间的联系中起到缓冲作用的特定个体特质，例如核心自我评价（CSE）。对 1211 名高中生进行了便利抽样，其中 657 名女性，554 名男性，年龄在 12 至 18 岁之间（平均年龄= 13.74 岁），完成了网络受害、CSE 和不同问题性技术相关行为的测量。相关分析的结果显示，网络受害与所有问题性技术使用之间存在显著关联。我们的研究结果还表明，高 CSE 削弱了网络受害与三种问题性技术使用中的两种之间的关系。与社会补偿理论一致，网络受害与不同的问题性技术使用相关。低 CSE 也加强了网络受害与智能手机和社交媒体问题使用之间的联系，并且在预测问题性互联网使用方面与网络受害的交互作用也具有边际显著意义。讨论了这些初步发现的意义，并提出了进一步研究的途径。
