Department of Social Work, 26451The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Dec;37(23-24):NP21646-NP21671. doi: 10.1177/08862605211062988. Epub 2021 Dec 29.
The imbalance of power affords individuals to bully others. However, limited studies have explored the specific aspects of power imbalance in predicting cyberbullying. Furthermore, a fun-seeking tendency as a motive for cyberbullying and attitudes toward cyberbullying as cognitive stimuli have rarely been studied in relation to mediating the associations between power imbalance and cyberbullying in an integrated framework. This study aims to narrow these research gaps. Multistage cluster random sampling was employed to recruit a total of 1103 adolescents (52.5% females) ranging in age from 12 to 18 years. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that proficiency in technology use is not only directly and positively associated with cyberbullying but also indirectly associated with cyberbullying via fun-seeking tendency. Although social status among peers had no direct effect on cyberbullying, the indirect effects of social status among peers on cyberbullying via the fun-seeking tendency and attitude toward cyberbullying were significant. Notably, physical power was neither directly associated with cyberbullying nor through the fun-seeking tendency or attitude toward cyberbullying in associating with cyberbullying. Implications of these findings for developing effective interventions are discussed.
权力失衡使个人有机会欺凌他人。然而，很少有研究探讨权力失衡在预测网络欺凌方面的具体方面。此外，作为网络欺凌动机的寻求乐趣的倾向以及对网络欺凌的态度作为认知刺激，在权力失衡与网络欺凌之间的关联的中介作用的综合框架中很少被研究。本研究旨在缩小这些研究差距。采用多阶段聚类随机抽样，共招募了 1103 名年龄在 12 至 18 岁之间的青少年（女性占 52.5%）。结构方程模型分析表明，技术使用能力不仅与网络欺凌直接正相关，而且通过寻求乐趣的倾向与网络欺凌间接相关。尽管同龄人中的社会地位对网络欺凌没有直接影响，但通过寻求乐趣的倾向和对网络欺凌的态度，同龄人中的社会地位对网络欺凌的间接影响是显著的。值得注意的是，体力既与网络欺凌没有直接关系，也没有通过寻求乐趣的倾向或对网络欺凌的态度与网络欺凌相关联。讨论了这些发现对制定有效干预措施的意义。
