Laeheem Kasetchai
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai District, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Children (Basel). 2024 Jun 28;11(7):790. doi: 10.3390/children11070790.
Violence against each other via social media has increased and caused cyberbullying that can happen anytime through electronic communication tools that everyone can access easily. Cyberbullying is sending, posting, and sharing negative, harmful, and false information about another, causing embarrassment online on social media.
This study aims to investigate causal factors contributing to youth cyberbullying in Thailand's deep south.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 340 youths in Thailand's deep south, consisting of 220 males and 120 females. The subjects were divided by age range: 22-23 years old (40.6%), 24-25 years old (26.8%), 18-19 years old (17.1%), and 18-19 years old (15.5%). The data were analyzed with structural equation modeling (SEM).
The results were that the model of the causal factors resulting in youth cyberbullying in the deep south of Thailand was consistent with the empirical data (the relative chi-square (χ/df) was 1.77). The goodness-of-fit index (GFI) was 0.95. The root-mean-square error of approximate (RMSEA) was 0.049). Cyberbullying was positively influenced directly and indirectly by negative upbringing, the influence of personal violence, and the influence of media violence at a statistically significant level of 0.001, with total effect sizes of 1.13, 0.74, and 0.64, respectively. Additionally, cyberbullying was positively influenced directly by negative mental traits with a statistically significant level of 0.05 and a total effect size of 0.17.
This study suggests that the results could be beneficial in concretely forming policies and strategies to prevent and mitigate the problem of youth cyberbullying.
通过社交媒体相互实施的暴力行为有所增加，并引发了网络欺凌，这种行为可随时通过人人都能轻松使用的电子通讯工具发生。网络欺凌是指发送、发布和分享关于他人的负面、有害及虚假信息，在社交媒体上造成线上尴尬局面。
本研究旨在调查泰国南部地区青少年网络欺凌行为的成因。
对泰国南部地区的340名青少年进行了横断面调查，其中男性220名，女性120名。受试者按年龄范围划分：22 - 23岁（40.6%）、24 - 25岁（26.8%）、18 - 19岁（17.1%）以及18岁以下（15.5%）。数据采用结构方程模型（SEM）进行分析。
结果显示，泰国南部地区导致青少年网络欺凌行为的成因模型与实证数据一致（相对卡方值（χ/df）为1.77）。拟合优度指数（GFI）为0.95。近似均方根误差（RMSEA）为0.049。网络欺凌受到负面教养方式、个人暴力影响以及媒体暴力影响的直接和间接正向影响，在统计学显著水平为0.001时，总效应大小分别为1.13、0.74和0.64。此外，网络欺凌受到负面心理特质的直接正向影响，统计学显著水平为0.05，总效应大小为0.17。
本研究表明，研究结果可能有助于具体制定预防和缓解青少年网络欺凌问题的政策和策略。
