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ABSTRACT
This study aims to (1) explore adolescents’ online behaviours and experiences of cyberbullying, (2) examine the associations between parental psychological control and cyberbullying victimisation and perpetration, after controlling for age and positive parenting, and (3) further examine the mediating effects of avoidance and revenge motivation on the associations between parenting and cyberbullying victimisation and perpetration. Participants were 853 adolescents (mean age = 12.86) in Taiwan. The results reveal that psychological control is associated with both cyberbullying victimisation and perpetration. Avoidance partially mediated the relationship between psychological control and victimisation, whereas revenge fully mediated the association between psychological control and cyberbullying perpetration. Clinical implications are suggested to address both individual and contextual factors for prevention and intervention of cyberbullying.
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Yi-Ping Hsieh
Yi-Ping Hsieh, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of North Dakota. Her primary research focus is the joint effects of multidimensional risk and protective factors on the behavioral and psychological outcomes of children and adolescents, as well as potential underlying mechanisms in an ecological systems model and a lifespan developmental perspective. She has worked on several large-scale national longitudinal studies in the United States and Taiwan on the topics of health disparities, child maltreatment, problematic Internet use, and victimization.