School of Educational Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
J Pers. 2023 Dec;91(6):1461-1477. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12823. Epub 2023 Feb 17.
The current study explored whether agreeableness predicted cyberbullying perpetration across 3 years and extended previous studies by exploring the mediating effect of moral disengagement and the moderating effects of empathy and gender.
The participants included 2407 adolescents from 7 middle schools in China. They were recruited to complete the Big Five Personality Inventory, Bullying Scale and Empathy Scale at Time 1, Moral Disengagement Scale at Time 1 and Time 2, and Cyberbullying Perpetration Scale at Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3.
Agreeableness at Time 1 predicted cyberbullying perpetration at Time 3 and moral disengagement at Time 2 mediated this relationship. The relationship between moral disengagement at Time 2 and cyberbullying perpetration at Time 3 was stronger for low cognitive empathy adolescents than high cognitive empathy adolescents at Time 1. The relationship between agreeableness at Time 1 and cyberbullying perpetration adolescents at Time 3 was stronger for low affective empathy than high affective empathy adolescents at Time 1. The link between moral disengagement at Time 2 and cyberbullying perpetration at Time 3 was weaker for females than males.
Low agreeableness adolescents are more likely to use moral disengagement, which in turn leads to more cyberbullying perpetration.
本研究通过考察道德脱离的中介作用以及同理心和性别调节作用，探究了宜人性是否可以预测个体在 3 年内的网络欺凌行为。
参与者为来自中国 7 所中学的 2407 名青少年。他们在第 1 次、第 2 次和第 3 次时间点分别完成了大五人格量表、欺凌量表和同理心量表、道德脱离量表，以及网络欺凌行为量表。
第 1 次时间点的宜人性可以预测第 3 次时间点的网络欺凌行为，且第 2 次时间点的道德脱离在其中起中介作用。与高认知同理心青少年相比，第 1 次时间点低认知同理心青少年的第 2 次时间点道德脱离与第 3 次时间点网络欺凌行为之间的关系更强。与高情感同理心青少年相比，第 1 次时间点低情感同理心青少年的第 1 次时间点宜人性与第 3 次时间点网络欺凌行为之间的关系更强。与男性相比，女性的第 2 次时间点道德脱离与第 3 次时间点网络欺凌行为之间的关系更弱。
低宜人性青少年更有可能使用道德脱离，而这反过来又会导致更多的网络欺凌行为。
