Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media use
Childhood abuse has been shown to have a range of adverse physical and psychological consequences, including aggression and bullying. While researchers have explored the relationship between childhood abuse and cyberbullying, little is known about the impact of emotional abuse on cyberbullying. This...
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| description | Childhood abuse has been shown to have a range of adverse physical and psychological consequences, including aggression and bullying. While researchers have explored the relationship between childhood abuse and cyberbullying, little is known about the impact of emotional abuse on cyberbullying. This study examined the link between childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and cyberbullying perpetration among university students in the Chinese cultural context, as well as the chain mediating effect of self-esteem and Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU). A total of 835 university students (18–25 years old; 293 males, 542 females; Mage = 19.44 years, SD = 1.28) completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short-Form (CTQ-SF), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Social Media Use Questionnaire (SMUQ), and Cyberbullying Inventory (CBI). The results showed that CEA and PSMU were positively correlated with cyberbullying; self-esteem was negatively correlated with cyberbullying. Besides, self-esteem and PSMU sequentially mediated the relationship between CEA and cyberbullying perpetration. The findings indicate that childhood emotional abuse may lower self-esteem and cause problematic social media use, which increases cyberbullying perpetration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63a40d0b22c240e0a61f11f50dfb20662022-12-22T04:36:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10361281036128Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media useWei Xu0Wei Xu1Wei Xu2Shujie Zheng3Shujie Zheng4School of Educational Science, Ludong University, Yantai, ChinaInstitute for Education and Treatment of Problematic Youth, Ludong University, Yantai, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, ChinaSchool of Educational Science, Ludong University, Yantai, ChinaInstitute for Education and Treatment of Problematic Youth, Ludong University, Yantai, ChinaChildhood abuse has been shown to have a range of adverse physical and psychological consequences, including aggression and bullying. While researchers have explored the relationship between childhood abuse and cyberbullying, little is known about the impact of emotional abuse on cyberbullying. This study examined the link between childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and cyberbullying perpetration among university students in the Chinese cultural context, as well as the chain mediating effect of self-esteem and Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU). A total of 835 university students (18–25 years old; 293 males, 542 females; Mage = 19.44 years, SD = 1.28) completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short-Form (CTQ-SF), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Social Media Use Questionnaire (SMUQ), and Cyberbullying Inventory (CBI). The results showed that CEA and PSMU were positively correlated with cyberbullying; self-esteem was negatively correlated with cyberbullying. Besides, self-esteem and PSMU sequentially mediated the relationship between CEA and cyberbullying perpetration. The findings indicate that childhood emotional abuse may lower self-esteem and cause problematic social media use, which increases cyberbullying perpetration.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1036128/fullchildhood emotional abusecyberbullying perpetrationself-esteemproblematic social media useuniversity students |
| spellingShingle | Wei Xu Wei Xu Wei Xu Shujie Zheng Shujie Zheng Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media use Frontiers in Psychology childhood emotional abuse cyberbullying perpetration self-esteem problematic social media use university students |
| title | Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media use |
| title_full | Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media use |
| title_fullStr | Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media use |
| title_short | Childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese university students: The chain mediating effects of self-esteem and problematic social media use |
| title_sort | childhood emotional abuse and cyberbullying perpetration among chinese university students the chain mediating effects of self esteem and problematic social media use |
| topic | childhood emotional abuse cyberbullying perpetration self-esteem problematic social media use university students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1036128/full |
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