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Deviant peer affiliation and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration: Online disinhibition and perceived social support as moderators

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  • Yang, Jiping
  • Wang, Na
  • Gao, Ling
  • Wang, Xingchao

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Nowadays, cyberbullying perpetration has become a global psycho-social problem. However, scanty attention has been paid to investigate the impact of deviant peer affiliation on adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration and which factors that can moderate the strength of this relationship is also limited. Thus, the present study examined the association between deviant peer affiliation and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration and investigated whether online disinhibition and perceived social support would moderate this relationship at the same time. Participants were 2407 Chinese adolescents (11–16 years, Mage = 12.75) from seven middle schools in Taiyuan and Changzhi city of Shanxi province, China. All participants completed self-report questionnaires including Deviant Peer Affiliation Scale, Cyberbullying Perpetration Scale, Online Disinhibition Scale, and Perceived Social Support Scale. Results indicated that adolescents who reported higher deviant peer affiliation were more likely to bully others online, even after controlling for age and gender. Online disinhibition moderated the relationship between deviant peer affiliation and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration. Compare to low online disinhibition adolescents, high online disinhibition adolescents who experienced higher levels of deviant peer affiliation were more likely to engage in cyberbullying perpetration. More interestingly, we found online disinhibition and perceived social support could simultaneously moderate this relationship. Specifically, for high online disinhibition adolescents, the predictive effect of deviant peer affiliation on cyberbullying perpetration became much weaker when they with high perceived social support than low perceived social support.

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  • Yang, Jiping & Wang, Na & Gao, Ling & Wang, Xingchao, 2021. "Deviant peer affiliation and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration: Online disinhibition and perceived social support as moderators," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:127:y:2021:i:c:s0190740921001456
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106066
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    1. Michelle F. Wright & Ikuko Aoyama & Shanmukh V. Kamble & Zheng Li & Shruti Soudi & Li Lei & Chang Shu, 2015. "Peer Attachment and Cyber Aggression Involvement among Chinese, Indian, and Japanese Adolescents," Societies, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-15, April.
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    1. Wang, Lin & Jiang, Shan & Zhou, Ziyao & Fei, Wanyan & Wang, Wanyi, 2024. "Online disinhibition and adolescent cyberbullying: A systematic review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    2. Heyun Zhang & Huanhuan Zhao, 2022. "How Is Virtuous Personality Trait Related to Online Deviant Behavior among Adolescent College Students in the Internet Environment? A Moderated Moderated-Mediation Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-15, August.
    3. Jingjing Li & Yanhan Chen & Jiachen Lu & Weidong Li & Chengfu Yu, 2021. "Self-Control, Consideration of Future Consequences, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Deviant Peer Affiliation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-10, August.
    4. Sławomir Rębisz & Aleksandra Jasińska-Maciążek & Paweł Grygiel & Roman Dolata, 2023. "Psycho-Social Correlates of Cyberbullying among Polish Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(8), pages 1-34, April.

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