Emotion-related personality traits and peer social standing: unique and interactive effects in cyberbullying behaviors.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw
; 17(9): 584-90, 2014 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25055248
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the unique and interactive effects of emotion-related personality traits (i.e., callousness and uncaring traits) and peer social standing (i.e., social preference and perceived popularity) on cyberbullying behaviors in preadolescents. A total of 529 preadolescents (247 boys, 46.69%) were recruited from an Italian middle school (Mage=12 years and 7 months; SD=1 year and 2 months). The participants primarily consisted of Italian children (91.12%). A series of binary logistic regression analyses parted by gender were conducted to examine the main and interactive effects of self-reported emotion-related variables and peer-reported social standing in the prediction of self-reported cyberbullying behaviors, while controlling for cyber victimization and grade effects. In girls, an uncaring disposition was directly associated with cyberbullying behaviors, whereas in boys this association only emerged for those with low perceived popularity. Our results indicated that, in developing anti(cyber)bullying programs, school researchers and practitioners should jointly consider individual and contextual factors.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Peer Group
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Character
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Crime Victims
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Internet
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Emotions
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Bullying
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Hierarchy, Social
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy