Chen Hong, Fang Yong, Wang Ling, Chen Yanjun, Fan Cuiying
College of General Education, Chongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering, Chongqing, China.
School of Nursing, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Apr 23;13(1):426. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02758-1.
Although defending self-efficacy is related to defending behavior in cyberbullying, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of this association. This study explored the relationship between defending self-efficacy and defending behavior. In a China sample, it examined the mediating role of defending intention and the moderating role of empathy in the association between defending self-efficacy and defending behavior. A cross-sectional sample of 672 Chinese adolescents (M = 14.86, SD = 1.74) completed a questionnaire, which includes measures of defending self-efficacy, defending intention, empathy, and defending behavior. Results showed that defending self-efficacy was significantly and positively associated with defending behavior. Mediation modeling indicated that defending self-efficacy directly affected defending behavior and could indirectly affect defending behavior through the mediating role of defending intention. In addition, the mediation role of defending intention was moderated by empathy, and as the level of empathy increased, the effect of defending self-efficacy on defending intention became stronger, and the effect of defending intention on defending behavior became stronger. These findings advance our understanding of how and when defending self-efficacy is related to defending behavior in cyberbullying among adolescents. It also sheds some light on preventing and intervening in adolescent cyberbullying from a bystander's perspective.
尽管在网络欺凌中捍卫自我效能感与捍卫行为有关，但对于这种关联的潜在机制却知之甚少。本研究探讨了捍卫自我效能感与捍卫行为之间的关系。在中国样本中，研究考察了捍卫意图的中介作用以及同理心在捍卫自我效能感与捍卫行为之间关联中的调节作用。一个由672名中国青少年组成的横断面样本（M = 14.86，SD = 1.74）完成了一份问卷，其中包括对捍卫自我效能感、捍卫意图、同理心和捍卫行为的测量。结果表明，捍卫自我效能感与捍卫行为显著正相关。中介模型表明，捍卫自我效能感直接影响捍卫行为，并且可以通过捍卫意图的中介作用间接影响捍卫行为。此外，捍卫意图的中介作用受到同理心的调节，随着同理心水平的提高，捍卫自我效能感对捍卫意图的影响变得更强，捍卫意图对捍卫行为的影响也变得更强。这些发现增进了我们对青少年网络欺凌中捍卫自我效能感如何以及何时与捍卫行为相关的理解。它也从旁观者的角度为预防和干预青少年网络欺凌提供了一些启示。
