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KMID : 1025820180260030321
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Family and Family Therapy
2018 Volume.26 No. 3 p.321 ~ p.341
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The Mediating Effects of Displaced Aggression in the Relationship between Child Abuse Experiences and Cyberbullying Tendencies in Early Adolescents
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Choi Young
Kim Hyun-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives: Despite the increasing research interests in adolescent cyberbullying, studies to explore its causal factors are still lacking. Given the situation, this study aimed to explore the effects of early adolescents’ abuse experiences by parents on cyberbullying tendencies and to test the potential mediation of displaced aggression between these two variables.
Methods: Sixth graders and junior high school students from the Seoul metropolitan area were asked to complete pencil-and-paper questionnaires assessing child abuse experiences, displaced aggression, and cyberbullying tendencies. A total of 1,191 students (625 males and 566 females) participated in the study, and data from these participants were analyzed.
Results: Correlation analyses showed a significant positive correlation between child abuse experiences and adolescents’ cyberbullying tendencies. The analyses also showed significant positive correlations between child abuse experiences and displaced aggression, and between displaced aggression and cyberbullying tendencies. Regression analyses were used to test the validity of the mediation model and found that displaced aggression partially mediated between adolescents’ experiences of child abuse and cyberbullying tendencies. The partial mediation was found not only in abuse experiences in general but also in each of three subtypes of child abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, and physical abuse.
Conclusions: This study suggests that adolescents’ abuse experiences and their inner displaced aggression together play important roles in the development of cyberbullying problems. Particularly, child abuse has both direct effects and indirect effects, through the mediation of displaced aggression, on adolescents’ cyberbullying.
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KEYWORD
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child abuse, displaced aggression, cyberbullying, adolescents
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