Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic posed risks to the psychosocial development of children and adolescents in the digital age. Under such a background, this study aims to examine the effects of pandemic stress on cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among Chinese adolescents, and to explore the mediator of perceived safety and the moderator of family cohesion underlying this association, during China\'s outbreak of Omicron. A sample of 822 adolescents was obtained from Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China, based on a multistage cluster random sampling method. The results showed that pandemic stress was positively associated with cyberbullying perpetration and victimization. Moreover, pandemic stress negatively predicted perceived safety, which in turn, increased the probability of cyberbullying perpetration and victimization. Furthermore, family cohesion moderated the effects of pandemic stress on cyberbullying perpetration and victimization. This study contributes to practical implications for policy making and social work practices regarding how to protect adolescents from cyberbullying during the pandemic.
摘要:
COVID-19大流行对数字时代儿童和青少年的心理社会发展构成了风险。在这样的背景下,这项研究旨在研究大流行压力对中国青少年网络欺凌行为和受害的影响,并探索这种关联背后的感知安全的中介和家庭凝聚力的调节者,在中国爆发Omicron期间。从浙江省台州市收集了822名青少年的样本,中国,基于多级整群随机抽样方法。结果表明,大流行压力与网络欺凌行为和受害程度呈正相关。此外,大流行压力负面预测感知的安全性,反过来,增加了网络欺凌的发生和受害的可能性。此外,家庭凝聚力缓和了大流行压力对网络欺凌行为和受害的影响。这项研究有助于在大流行期间如何保护青少年免受网络欺凌的政策制定和社会工作实践的实际意义。