Online verbal aggression, social relationships, and self-efficacy beliefs
| Autor: | Paula Costa Ferreira, Ana Margarida Veiga Simão, Paula Paulino, Sofia Oliveira, Nádia Salgado Pereira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Self-efficacy
Sociology and Political Science Communication 05 social sciences 050301 education Interpersonal communication Affect (psychology) Developmental psychology Social relationship 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Verbal aggression Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | New Media & Society. 23:960-981 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7315 1461-4448 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1461444820905531 |
| Popis: | This study aims to understand whether the relationships adolescent bystanders of cyberbullying have with the victim and other bystanders and their self-efficacy beliefs may affect their use of aggressive language online. Students (676, Mage = 14.10, SD = 2.74, 55.5% male) answered questions about social media use, self-efficacy to solve cyberbullying situations, interpersonal relationships, and their use of verbal aggression to communicate online. Through structural equation modeling, results demonstrated that having a relationship with the victim or other bystanders mediated the relationship between observing cyberbullying behavior and bystanders’ use of aggressive language online. The effect of observing cyberbullying behavior through having a relationship with the victim or other bystanders was lower than its direct effect on adolescent bystanders’ use of aggressive language. Self-efficacy beliefs mediated the relationship between having a relationship with the victim and other bystanders and adolescents’ use of aggressive language online. Implications for intervention in interpersonal communication online are proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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