The Effect of Emotional Neglect on Cyberbullying among Rural Chinese Left-behind Adolescents—Mediating Role of Social Anxiety
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The Relationship between Emotional Neglect and Cyberbullying
1.2. The Mediating Role of Social Anxiety
2. Research Methodology
2.1. Research Design
2.2. Research Tools
2.2.1. Cyberbullying Scale
2.2.2. Emotional Neglect Scale
2.2.3. Social Anxiety Scale
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Common Method Bias Test
3.2. Variable Setting
3.3. Regression Analysis of Relevant Variables
3.4. Descriptive Statistical Analysis among the Main Variables
3.5. Intermediary Model Testing
4. Discussion
4.1. The Relationship between Emotional Neglect and Cyberbullying among Rural Left-behind Adolescents
4.2. The Mediating Role of Social Anxiety
4.3. Research Significance
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable Name | Variable Definition | Mean | Std. Error |
---|---|---|---|
Cyberbullying | Average scores for items in the cyberbullying | 2.975 | 1.185 |
Emotional neglect | Average scores for items in the emotional neglect | 2.907 | 1.306 |
Social Anxiety | Average scores for items in the social anxiety | 3.178 | 1.249 |
Gender | Male = 1, Female = 0 | 0.76 | 0.57 |
Whether the child is an only child | Only Child = 1, Non-only Child = 0 | 0.58 | 0.43 |
Study stage | Middle school = 1, High school = 0 | 0.64 | 0.17 |
Variables | OR | CI (95%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Cyberbullying | Gender (with a male as reference) | 1.135 | 1.101–1.792 |
Whether the child is an only child (with the non–only child as a reference) | 1.071 ** | 1.013–1.235 | |
Stage of study (with high school level as a reference) | 2.351 ** | 2.011–2.791 | |
Emotional neglect | Gender (with a male as reference) | 0.918 * | 0.718–1.212 |
Whether the child is an only child (with the non–only child as a reference) | 1.014 | 1.003–1.356 | |
Stage of study (with high school level as a reference) | 0.789 | 0.711–1.235 | |
Social Anxiety | Gender (with a male as reference) | 1.012 *** | 1.003–1.421 |
Whether the child is an only child (with the non–only child as a reference) | 0.991 ** | 0.893–1.113 | |
Stage of study (with high school level as a reference) | 1.114 | 0.998–1.142 |
M | SD | Emotional Neglect | Cyberbullying | Social Anxiety | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emotional neglect | 1.567 | 0.724 | 1 | ||
Cyberbullying | 3.145 | 0.821 | 0.528 ** | 1 | |
Social Anxiety | 2.816 | 0.681 | 0.364 ** | 0.650 *** | 1 |
Effect Value | Coeff | SE | T | P | LLCI | ULCI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct effect | 0.557 | 0.0156 | 5.1789 | <0.01 | 0.0711 | 0.1219 |
Effect | BootSE | BootLLCI | BootULCI | |||
Indirect effects | 0.199 | 0.0201 | 0.618 | 0.796 |
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Hu, X.; Xiao, B. The Effect of Emotional Neglect on Cyberbullying among Rural Chinese Left-behind Adolescents—Mediating Role of Social Anxiety. Children 2023, 10, 1055. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10061055
Hu X, Xiao B. The Effect of Emotional Neglect on Cyberbullying among Rural Chinese Left-behind Adolescents—Mediating Role of Social Anxiety. Children. 2023; 10(6):1055. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10061055
Chicago/Turabian StyleHu, Xinran, and Bin Xiao. 2023. "The Effect of Emotional Neglect on Cyberbullying among Rural Chinese Left-behind Adolescents—Mediating Role of Social Anxiety" Children 10, no. 6: 1055. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10061055