Do Emotional Components of Alexithymia Mediate the Interplay between Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration
2.3.2. Emotional Components of Alexithymia
2.3.3. Demographic Variables
2.4. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Results
3.2. Direct and Indirect Associations between Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Mediated by Alexithymia
4. Discussion
5. Limitations and Strengths
6. Practical Implications
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Country of Origin | t-Test | Sex | t-Test | ||||||||||
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German | Thai | Female | Male | |||||||||||
M | SD | M | SD | t | p | d | M | SD | M | SD | t | p | d | |
Cyberbullying Victimization | 1.20 | 0.54 | 1.24 | 0.56 | 1.41 | 0.156 | - | 1.17 | 0.45 | 1.28 | 0.66 | 3.77 | 0.001 | 0.194 |
Cyberbullying Perpetration | 2.15 | 0.64 | 2.48 | 0.63 | 10.62 | 0.001 | 0.519 | 2.36 | 0.63 | 2.20 | 0.64 | 4.72 | 0.001 | 0.251 |
Alexithymia | 26.06 | 10.08 | 32.35 | 9.78 | 12.40 | 0.001 | 0.633 | 31.09 | 10.09 | 25.90 | 10.08 | 9.96 | 0.001 | 0.514 |
Predictor | Outcome | B | 95% CI | |
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LL | UL | |||
Constant | 0.417 ** | 0.116 | 0.719 | |
Cyberbullying victimization | Alexithymia | 0.424 ** | 0.363 | 0.485 |
Country of origin Thai | Alexithymia | −0.208 ** | −0.278 | −0.138 |
Age | Alexithymia | 0.099 ** | 0.079 | 0.120 |
Sex Female | Alexithymia | −0.107 ** | −0.176 | −0.038 |
R2 | 0.170 | |||
F | 78.515 ** | |||
Constant | 0.948 * | 0.674 | 1.221 | |
Cyberbullying victimization | Cyberbullying perpetration | 0.215 ** | 0.156 | 0.274 |
Alexithymia | Cyberbullying perpetration | 0.142 ** | 0.097 | 0.188 |
Country of origin Thai | Cyberbullying perpetration | 0.273 ** | 0.208 | 0.337 |
Age | Cyberbullying perpetration | 0.047 ** | 0.028 | 0.066 |
Sex Female | Cyberbullying perpetration | 0.148 ** | 0.085 | 0.210 |
R2 | 0.166 | |||
F | 61.186 ** |
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Wachs, S.; Bilz, L.; Fischer, S.M.; Wright, M.F. Do Emotional Components of Alexithymia Mediate the Interplay between Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration? Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 1530. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121530
Wachs S, Bilz L, Fischer SM, Wright MF. Do Emotional Components of Alexithymia Mediate the Interplay between Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(12):1530. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121530
Chicago/Turabian StyleWachs, Sebastian, Ludwig Bilz, Saskia M. Fischer, and Michelle F. Wright. 2017. "Do Emotional Components of Alexithymia Mediate the Interplay between Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12: 1530. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121530