Citation

Barlett CP, Roth BR, Rinker AM. Aggressive Behav. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ab.22047

PMID

35912451

Abstract

Traditional bullying perpetration explicates the importance of a power differential between the bully and the victim-predominantly physical and/or social status. The application of power from traditional to cyberbullying is unclear. The current research utilized a longitudinal study to examine the relationships between four different derivations of power-belief in the irrelevance of muscularity for online bullying (BIMOB), social capital, harmful computer skills, and popularity motivation-and cyberbullying attitudes and perpetration. Participants (185 US emerging adults) completed self-report assessments of the aforementioned power constructs, cyberbullying attitudes, and cyberbullying behavior twice-6 months apart.

RESULTS showed only Wave 1 BIMOB predicted cyberbullying attitudes to yield subsequent cyberbullying perpetration.

Language: en

Keywords

cyberbullying; popularity; power imbalance; social capital; technological efficacy