Prevalence and psychosocial predictors of cyberaggression and cybervictimization in adolescents: A Spain-Ecuador transcultural study on cyberbullying.

Autor: Rodríguez-Hidalgo AJ; Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain., Mero O; Management, Development and Executive Secretariat Faculty, University Laica Eloy Alfaro, Manabí, Ecuador., Solera E; International University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain., Herrera-López M; Department of Psychology, University of Nariño, San Juan de Pasto, Colombia., Calmaestra J; Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2020 Nov 11; Vol. 15 (11), pp. e0241288. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 11 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241288
Abstrakt: The present study aims to collect data about the prevalence of cyberbullying and the role of self-esteem, empathy, and social skills in predicting cybervictimization and cyberaggression in two different countries: Spain and Ecuador. Additionally, it compares the similarities found in both countries. A wide sample of adolescents from Secondary Education (N = 24943; mean age = 13.92; SD = 1.30, girls = 49.9%) from both countries (Spain = 14,206 and Ecuador = 10,737) took part by filling in a set of self-reports. Weighted analyses and structural equation models were used. The results revealed that 8.8% were cybervictims, 3.1% were cyberaggressors and 4.9% cybervictims-cyberaggressors in Spain; whereas 8.7% were cybervictims, 5.1% were cyberaggressors and 14.3% were cybervictims-cyberaggressors in Ecuador. Cybervictimization could be predicted in both countries by means of self-deprecation and social skills, although the meaning of some skills was different depending on the country. Cyberaggression could be predicted in both countries by means of empathy, assertiveness, and conflict-resolution skills, as well as by communicative and relational skills. Self-deprecation was a predictor of cyberaggression only in Spain. These results are discussed, and educational inferences are drawn for prevention.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist
Databáze: MEDLINE
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