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The Effect Of Parental Psychological Control On Cyberbullying Among High School Students

Posted on:2024-06-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:F N YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2545307073453524Subject:Mental health education
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The emergence of the Internet makes people’s communication no longer restricted by time and space,but it brings convenience to life,but also brings some harm.For example,Internet addiction,cyber bullying and so on.Cyberbullying is happening all over the country and around the world.A study has reported that more than half of the world’s 15-to 24-year-olds have been cyberbullied while online.This statistic should be taken seriously by society and government departments.Cyberbullying is more damaging to victims than traditional bullying.It not only affects the emotional state of the bully,but also has a negative impact on the physical and mental health of both the bully and the victim of bullying.Such as low self-efficacy of adolescents,prone to depression,aggressive behavior,and so on,and then affect the development process of adolescents.Therefore,reducing cyber bullying among teenagers is a necessary step to help teenagers grow up physically and mentally and promote a civilized and harmonious online environment.In recent years,cyberbullying has become the focus of cyberpsychology research.Scholars’ research on cyberbullying mostly focuses on environmental factors or internal cognitive factors.So what about the impact of parenting styles on cyberbullying? At present,relevant research is still in its infancy.Therefore,this study,based on the diathesis-stress model and interpersonal situational influence model,aims to study adolescent cyberbullying behavior from the perspectives of family and self.This paper aims to explore some traces of adolescent cyberbullying,deepen understanding of adolescent cyberbullying behavior,and provide empirical reference for reducing adolescent cyberbullying behavior.The study is divided into three parts.The first study uses the latent growth model to explore the development trend of cyber bullying among adolescents,and to explain the differences in the development trend of cyber bullying among individuals and the causes.In the second study,cross-sectional design was used to discuss the mediating effect of social anxiety on parental psychological control and adolescents’ online behavior,and to clarify the relationship between the three,so as to provide useful reference for adolescents’ online aggressive behavior in the parenting style.In the third study,crosshysteresis was used to explore the causal relationship among the three,and further verify the mediating role of social anxiety between parental psychological control and cyberbullying behavior.The results are as follows:(1)The current situation and development trend of cyberbullying among high school students are as follows: 955 students have been cyberbullying,accounting for 78% of the total number;There were 265 students,accounting for 21 percent of the total,who did not engage in cyberbullying;There are significant differences in gender,age and online time,but no differences in whether teenagers are the only child,whether they live in a boarding house and where they live;The cyber bullying behavior of high school students is in line with the linear development trend and the overall trend of decline.(2)Cross-sectional studies have shown that social anxiety has a mediating effect between parental psychological control and adolescent cyberbullying.(3)Cross-lag analysis found that parental psychological control in the pretest had a positive predictive effect on the post-test social anxiety;Parental psychological control in the pre-test positively predicted cyberbullying in the post-test.Pretest social anxiety positively predicted posttest cyberbullying.In conclusion,the overall trend of cyberbullying among teenagers decreases with age.Parental psychological control can affect adolescents’ social anxiety and further influence their cyberbullying behavior.In the future,parents’ psychological control and teenagers’ social anxiety can be used to help teenagers reduce the behavior of cyberbullying,so as to protect their physical and mental health and promote the healthy development of Internet culture.
Keywords/Search Tags:Cyberbullying, Parental psychological control, Social anxiety, Mediating effect
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