Beteiligte: | , , , , |
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In: | New Media & Society, 23, 2021, 5, S. 960-981 |
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SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 960-981 |
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ISSN: |
1461-4448
1461-7315 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1461444820905531 |
veröffentlicht in: | New Media & Society |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Schlagwörter: | |
Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> This study aims to understand whether the relationships adolescent bystanders of cyberbullying have with the victim and other bystanders and their self-efficacy beliefs may affect their use of aggressive language online. Students (676, M<jats:sub>age</jats:sub> = 14.10, SD = 2.74, 55.5% male) answered questions about social media use, self-efficacy to solve cyberbullying situations, interpersonal relationships, and their use of verbal aggression to communicate online. Through structural equation modeling, results demonstrated that having a relationship with the victim or other bystanders mediated the relationship between observing cyberbullying behavior and bystanders’ use of aggressive language online. The effect of observing cyberbullying behavior through having a relationship with the victim or other bystanders was lower than its direct effect on adolescent bystanders’ use of aggressive language. Self-efficacy beliefs mediated the relationship between having a relationship with the victim and other bystanders and adolescents’ use of aggressive language online. Implications for intervention in interpersonal communication online are proposed. </jats:p> |