Cyberbullying and Media Use
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The present study examined the role of media use in adolescents’ cyberbullying behaviors. Following previous research, we propose a Cyclic Process Model of face-to-face victimization and cyberbullying through two mediating processes of anger/frustration and antisocial media content. This model was tested utilizing a cross-sectional design with adolescent participants (N = 892). Exposure to antisocial media content was measured with a newly developed contentbased scale (i.e., the CobME), showing good psychometric quality. Results of structural equation modeling showed that adolescents’ exposure to antisocial media content was significantly associated with cyberbullying behaviors, especially in adolescents who experienced anger and frustration due to face-to-face victimization. Goodness of fit indices demonstrated a good fit of the theoretical model to the data and indicated that exposure to antisocial media content acts as an amplifier in a cyclic process of victimization-related anger and cyberbullying behaviors.
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