Tomé-Fernández María, Ortiz-Marcos José Manuel, Fernández-Leyva Christian
Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences, University of Granada, Melilla, Spain.
Department of Development and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences, University of Granada, Melilla, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2022 Jul 29;13:848678. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.848678. eCollection 2022.
This article analyzes the relationship between cyberbullying profile by racist reasons and social abilities in a group of intercultural teenagers living in Spain ( = 1478). The study includes participants aged between 12 and 16 years old ( = 13.99; SD = 1.352). Of these, 738 were male (49.9%) and 740 were female (50.1%). A correlational study was carried out using online tools with suitable psychometrics parameters (content-construct validity and reliability). The first one was a scale that measured social abilities, and the second one evaluated racist or xenophobic cyberbullying, differentiating the victim and aggressor profiles. The results indicated five main findings: (1) generally, the participants analyzed present all their social abilities; (2) for the most part, these participants do not normally experience cyberbullying; (3) a positive correlation exists between the majority of social abilities analyzed and the cybervictim profile. It was also observed a negative correlation between the social ability associated with the ability of making requests and this profile; (4) there is a positive correlation among the six social abilities analyzed and the cyberaggressor profile; (5) the racist or xenophobic cyberbullying are driven not only by the absence of social abilities, but in some cases, they are also driven by socio-demographic variables (i.e., age and gender). Likewise, this work shows how the absence of some social abilities in some participants involve racist or xenophobic experiences as victims and as aggressors, which may be of interest for the analysis of teenagers' behavior in intercultural contexts, as well as according to age and gender. More transcultural research need to be carried out to know the global perspective of the link between social abilities and the different profiles of racist and xenophobic cyberbullying, framed in the context of social psychology and studies of mass communication.
本文分析了居住在西班牙的一群跨文化青少年（ = 1478）中，出于种族主义原因的网络欺凌情况与社交能力之间的关系。该研究的参与者年龄在12至16岁之间（ = 13.99；标准差 = 1.352）。其中，738名是男性（49.9%），740名是女性（50.1%）。使用具有合适心理测量学参数（内容效度、结构效度和信度）的在线工具进行了一项相关性研究。第一个工具是一个测量社交能力的量表，第二个工具评估种族主义或仇外网络欺凌，区分受害者和攻击者的情况。结果表明了五个主要发现：（1）总体而言，所分析的参与者具备所有社交能力；（2）在很大程度上，这些参与者通常没有经历过网络欺凌；（3）所分析的大多数社交能力与网络受害者情况之间存在正相关。还观察到与提出请求能力相关的社交能力与这种情况之间存在负相关；（4）所分析的六种社交能力与网络攻击者情况之间存在正相关；（5）种族主义或仇外网络欺凌不仅是由社交能力缺失导致的，在某些情况下，还受到社会人口统计学变量（即年龄和性别）的驱动。同样，这项研究表明，一些参与者社交能力的缺失会使他们作为受害者和攻击者经历种族主义或仇外体验，这对于分析跨文化背景下青少年的行为以及按年龄和性别进行分析可能具有重要意义。需要开展更多跨文化研究，以了解社交能力与种族主义和仇外网络欺凌不同情况之间联系的整体情况，这一研究是在社会心理学和大众传播研究的背景下进行的。
