Xu Wei, Zheng Shujie
School of Educational Science, Ludong University, Yantai, China.
Institute for Education and Treatment of Problematic Youth, Ludong University, Yantai, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Dec 1;13:1036128. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1036128. eCollection 2022.
Childhood abuse has been shown to have a range of adverse physical and psychological consequences, including aggression and bullying. While researchers have explored the relationship between childhood abuse and cyberbullying, little is known about the impact of emotional abuse on cyberbullying. This study examined the link between childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and cyberbullying perpetration among university students in the Chinese cultural context, as well as the chain mediating effect of self-esteem and Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU). A total of 835 university students (18-25 years old; 293 males, 542 females; = 19.44 years, SD = 1.28) completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short-Form (CTQ-SF), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Social Media Use Questionnaire (SMUQ), and Cyberbullying Inventory (CBI). The results showed that CEA and PSMU were positively correlated with cyberbullying; self-esteem was negatively correlated with cyberbullying. Besides, self-esteem and PSMU sequentially mediated the relationship between CEA and cyberbullying perpetration. The findings indicate that childhood emotional abuse may lower self-esteem and cause problematic social media use, which increases cyberbullying perpetration.
童年期受虐已被证明会产生一系列不良的身体和心理后果，包括攻击性和霸凌行为。虽然研究人员已经探讨了童年期受虐与网络霸凌之间的关系，但对于情感虐待对网络霸凌的影响却知之甚少。本研究在中国文化背景下，考察了大学生童年期情感虐待（CEA）与网络霸凌 perpetration之间的联系，以及自尊和问题性社交媒体使用（PSMU）的链式中介作用。共有835名大学生（年龄在18 - 25岁之间；男性293名，女性542名；平均年龄 = 19.44岁，标准差 = 1.28）完成了童年期创伤问卷简表（CTQ - SF）、罗森伯格自尊量表（RSES）、社交媒体使用问卷（SMUQ）和网络霸凌量表（CBI）。结果表明，CEA和PSMU与网络霸凌呈正相关；自尊与网络霸凌呈负相关。此外，自尊和PSMU依次中介了CEA与网络霸凌 perpetration之间的关系。研究结果表明，童年期情感虐待可能会降低自尊并导致问题性社交媒体使用，进而增加网络霸凌 perpetration。
原文中“perpetration”这个词在医学专业语境下可能不太常见，翻译为“ perpetration”可能不准确，建议结合具体医学文献背景进一步确认其准确含义及合适译文。
