Positive Perceived School Climate and Cyberbullying in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model from the Perspective of Internet Characteristics

Autor/inn/en	Shi, Hui-fen; Fan, Cui-ying; Chu, Xiao-wei; Zhang, Xue-chen; Wu, Ling-ling
Titel	Positive Perceived School Climate and Cyberbullying in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model from the Perspective of Internet Characteristics
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 41 (2021) 8, S.1177-1202 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shi, Hui-fen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431621989816
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Bullying; Computer Mediated Communication; Junior High School Students; Beliefs; Student Attitudes; Internet; Moral Values; Foreign Countries; Aggression; Early Adolescents; Grade 7; Grade 8; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Mobbing; Computerkonferenz; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Belief; Glaube; Schülerverhalten; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ausland; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	Although substantive research has shown that a positive perceived school climate is an essential protective factor for cyberbullying among adolescents, little research revealed the mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study examined whether normative beliefs about aggression mediate the association between a positive perceived school climate and cyberbullying and whether this process is moderated by Internet morality. Anonymous questionnaires measuring these variables were administered to 649 junior high school students in China. After controlling for traditional bullying, mediation analysis indicated that normative beliefs about aggression played a full mediating role in the relationship between a positive perceived school climate and cyberbullying. Moderated mediation analysis further revealed that Internet morality moderated the predictive effect of normative beliefs about aggression on cyberbullying. The mediating effect of normative beliefs about aggression was stronger in individuals with lower levels of Internet morality. These findings provide insight into making existing interventions more suitable for cyberbullying. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01