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Cyberbullying in context

Direct and indirect effects by low self-control across 25 European countries

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ID23318367
AuthorsAlexander T Vazsonyi (0000-0001-7163-1705, University of Kentucky, corresponding author), Hana Macháčková (0000-0001-9498-9208, Masaryk University), Anna Ševčíková (0000-0002-9750-7320, Masaryk University), David Smahel (0000-0003-2767-4331, Masaryk University), Alena Cerna (0000-0003-1197-7733, Masaryk University)
Year2012
Volume9
Issue2
Pages210-227
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1740-5610 • E-ISSN: 1740-5629
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17405629.2011.644919
OpenAlexW1976780496
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited41

Random samples of at least 1,000 youth, ages 9 to 16 years, from 25 European countries (N = 25,142) were used to test the salience of low self-control on cyberbullying perpetration and victimization (direct and indirect effects), framed by a cross-cultural developmental approach. Path models, which provided evidence of invariance by sex, tested the hypothesized links among low self-control as well as known correlates, including offline perpetration and victimization, and externalizing behaviours. Results showed positive associations between online and offline bullying behaviours (perpetration and victimization), and, more interestingly, both direct but mostly indirect effects by low self-control on cyberbullying perpetration and victimization; externalizing behaviours had little additional explanatory power. Importantly, multi-group tests by country samples provided evidence of quite modest differences in the tested links across the 25 developmental contexts, despite some observed differences in the amount of variance explained in the dependent measures.

Christian ministry · Context (archaeology) · Czech · Developmental psychology · Geography · Political science · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Development and Digital Technology · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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