How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and Gender
Hanyu Liang,1 Huaibin Jiang,2 Chengmian Zhang,2 Huiling Zhou,1 Bin Zhang,3 Anxie Tuo1 1Department Medical Humanities, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Education, Fujian Normal University of Technology, Fuqing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of...
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| description | Hanyu Liang,1 Huaibin Jiang,2 Chengmian Zhang,2 Huiling Zhou,1 Bin Zhang,3 Anxie Tuo1 1Department Medical Humanities, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Education, Fujian Normal University of Technology, Fuqing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Applied Psychology, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Anxie Tuo, Email 1298253638@qq.comPurpose: With the widespread use of the Internet and mobile phone, cyberbullying has become a new type of bullying among adolescents. It is of great practical significance to explore the relevant factors affecting cyberbullying for prevention and intervention of adolescents’ cyberbullying. However, few studies have considered the effect of both the family and social factors on cyberbullying. Therefore, the current study examines whether the parent-adolescent conflict as a family factor and deviant peer affiliation as a social factor have an effect on adolescents’ cyberbullying, as well as the role of moral disengagement and gender.Methods: A total of 777 middle school students (females = 336; mean age = 13.57; SD = 0.98) were surveyed by using the Parent-child Relationship Questionnaire, Deviant Peer Affiliation Questionnaire, Moral Disengagement Questionnaire and Cyber Bullying Behavior Questionnaire. SPSS21.0 was used to conduct descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis and T-test, PROCESS were used to conduct significance test of moderated mediation effect on the data.Results: Parent-adolescent conflict does not directly predict cyberbullying. Moral disengagement played a complete mediating role between parent-adolescent conflict and cyberbullying, and gender played a moderating role between moral disengagement and cyberbullying. Deviant peer affiliation directly predict cyberbullying. Moral disengagement played a partially mediating role between parent-adolescent conflict and cyberbullying, and gender played a moderating role between moral disengagement and cyberbullying.Conclusion: Attention should be paid to the effect of moral disengagement on cyberbullying in family and social factors, as well as the role of gender.Keywords: parent-adolescent conflict, deviant peer affiliation, moral disengagement, cyberbullying, gender |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17c1c74b1dc24344902c3807a5a4295c2022-12-22T01:37:36ZengDove Medical PressPsychology Research and Behavior Management1179-15782022-08-01Volume 152259226977535How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and GenderLiang HJiang HZhang CZhou HZhang BTuo AHanyu Liang,1 Huaibin Jiang,2 Chengmian Zhang,2 Huiling Zhou,1 Bin Zhang,3 Anxie Tuo1 1Department Medical Humanities, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Education, Fujian Normal University of Technology, Fuqing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Applied Psychology, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Anxie Tuo, Email 1298253638@qq.comPurpose: With the widespread use of the Internet and mobile phone, cyberbullying has become a new type of bullying among adolescents. It is of great practical significance to explore the relevant factors affecting cyberbullying for prevention and intervention of adolescents’ cyberbullying. However, few studies have considered the effect of both the family and social factors on cyberbullying. Therefore, the current study examines whether the parent-adolescent conflict as a family factor and deviant peer affiliation as a social factor have an effect on adolescents’ cyberbullying, as well as the role of moral disengagement and gender.Methods: A total of 777 middle school students (females = 336; mean age = 13.57; SD = 0.98) were surveyed by using the Parent-child Relationship Questionnaire, Deviant Peer Affiliation Questionnaire, Moral Disengagement Questionnaire and Cyber Bullying Behavior Questionnaire. SPSS21.0 was used to conduct descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis and T-test, PROCESS were used to conduct significance test of moderated mediation effect on the data.Results: Parent-adolescent conflict does not directly predict cyberbullying. Moral disengagement played a complete mediating role between parent-adolescent conflict and cyberbullying, and gender played a moderating role between moral disengagement and cyberbullying. Deviant peer affiliation directly predict cyberbullying. Moral disengagement played a partially mediating role between parent-adolescent conflict and cyberbullying, and gender played a moderating role between moral disengagement and cyberbullying.Conclusion: Attention should be paid to the effect of moral disengagement on cyberbullying in family and social factors, as well as the role of gender.Keywords: parent-adolescent conflict, deviant peer affiliation, moral disengagement, cyberbullying, genderhttps://www.dovepress.com/how-does-parent-adolescent-conflict-and-deviant-peer-affiliation-affec-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBMparent-adolescent conflictdeviant peer affiliationmoral disengagementcyberbullyinggender |
| spellingShingle | Liang H Jiang H Zhang C Zhou H Zhang B Tuo A How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and Gender Psychology Research and Behavior Management parent-adolescent conflict deviant peer affiliation moral disengagement cyberbullying gender |
| title | How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and Gender |
| title_full | How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and Gender |
| title_fullStr | How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and Gender |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and Gender |
| title_short | How Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Deviant Peer Affiliation Affect Cyberbullying: Examining the Roles of Moral Disengagement and Gender |
| title_sort | how does parent adolescent conflict and deviant peer affiliation affect cyberbullying examining the roles of moral disengagement and gender |
| topic | parent-adolescent conflict deviant peer affiliation moral disengagement cyberbullying gender |
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