Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Italy.
Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jun;300:113908. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113908. Epub 2021 Apr 1.
Cyberbullying is an intentional aggressive behavior repeatedly perpetrated by a single person or a group against a peer who can not easily defend, characterized by the use of electronic forms of contact. This phenomenon is a public health concern with serious implications for adolescents' mental health. We aimed to investigate the role of gender, age, and subjective self perceived mood states in cyberbullying and victimization (being a victim of cyberbullying) behaviors. A total of 554 adolescents (293 males and 261 females, age 15.27; SD = 2.21) completed the Florence Cyber-Bullying Cyber-Victimization Scales (FCBVSs) and the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Older age and male gender were associated to both cyberbullying and victimization.The aggressiveness/anger (A) and confusion/bewilderment (C) factors measured by the POMS were predictors of all types of cyberbulliyng and cybervictimization behaviors; the tension/anxiety (T) factor was a predictor of all cyberbullying behaviors and of the FCBVSs impersonification subscale of cybervictimization. Subjective specific mood states may contribute to both cyberbulliyng and victimization behaviors, suggesting the potential benefit of preventive strategies addressing the recognition and management of mood states in adolescents.
网络欺凌是指一个人或一群人对无法轻易自卫的同龄人反复进行的有意攻击行为，其特征是使用电子形式的联系方式。这种现象是一个公共卫生问题，对青少年的心理健康有严重影响。我们旨在研究性别、年龄和主观自我感知情绪状态在网络欺凌和受害（成为网络欺凌的受害者）行为中的作用。共有 554 名青少年（293 名男性和 261 名女性，年龄 15.27；SD=2.21）完成了佛罗伦萨网络欺凌网络受害量表（FCBVSs）和心境状态问卷（POMS）。年长和男性性别与网络欺凌和受害都有关。POMS 测量的攻击性/愤怒（A）和困惑/迷惘（C）因素是所有类型的网络欺凌和网络受害行为的预测因素；紧张/焦虑（T）因素是所有网络欺凌行为和 FCBVSs 网络受害模仿子量表的预测因素。主观特定的情绪状态可能会导致网络欺凌和受害行为，这表明针对青少年情绪状态的识别和管理的预防策略可能会带来好处。
