Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
National Institute of Vocational Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Front Public Health. 2024 Apr 2;12:1359828. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1359828. eCollection 2024.
Cyberbullying is a commonly-seen and hotly-debated social topic around the globe. This negative behavior is the source of many disastrous events, and so leading government bodies, organizations, schools and social communities attach great importance to addressing this topic. However, there is still much work to do in order to be clear about the causes of cyberbullying.
The previous research cases were mostly viewed from the victims' perspectives; however, there is no comprehensive understanding of the perpetrators' viewpoints. Therefore, based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and analysis of discussion in the literature, the following six variables were chosen as the focus of this study: overconfidence, excessive moral sense, cyberbullying, perceived value, happiness, and continued cyberbullying intention. This study established a research model of continued cyberbullying intention, which was verified by Structural Equation Modeling. In order to achieve the aims of the study, Chinese university students with an average age of 20.29 ( = 1.43) were recruited as participants, from whom 1,048 valid questionnaires were collected.
The research results are as follows: 1. Overconfidence and excessive moral sense positively predicted cyberbullying behaviors; 2. Overconfidence positively predicted excessive moral sense; 3. Cyberbullying positively predicted perceived value and sense of happiness; and 4. Perceived value and sense of happiness positively predicted continued cyberbullying intentions.
Students' biased self-perception significantly predicts their cyberbullying behaviors and continued cyberbullying intention. What is more, it is interesting to learn that perpetrators will continue to exhibit cyberbullying behaviors when they believe that what they do (cyberbullying) is valuable or allows them to experience positive feelings; this requires our attention.
网络欺凌是一个在全球范围内普遍存在且备受争议的社会话题。这种负面行为是许多灾难性事件的根源，因此，政府机构、组织、学校和社会社区都非常重视解决这个问题。然而，要清楚地了解网络欺凌的原因，还有很多工作要做。
以往的研究案例大多从受害者的角度来看待，但对施害者的观点并没有全面的了解。因此，本研究基于社会认知理论（SCT）并对文献中的讨论进行分析，选择了以下六个变量作为研究的重点：过度自信、过度的道德感、网络欺凌、感知价值、幸福感和持续的网络欺凌意图。本研究建立了一个持续的网络欺凌意图研究模型，并通过结构方程建模进行了验证。为了达到研究目的，我们招募了平均年龄为 20.29 岁（ = 1.43）的中国大学生作为参与者，共收集到 1048 份有效问卷。
研究结果如下：1. 过度自信和过度的道德感正向预测网络欺凌行为；2. 过度自信正向预测过度的道德感；3. 网络欺凌正向预测感知价值和幸福感；4. 感知价值和幸福感正向预测持续的网络欺凌意图。
学生的自我感知偏差显著预测了他们的网络欺凌行为和持续的网络欺凌意图。更有趣的是，我们了解到当施害者认为他们的行为（网络欺凌）有价值或能让他们体验到积极的感觉时，他们会继续实施网络欺凌行为，这需要我们引起重视。
