Parental Communication and Feelings of Affiliation in Adolescent Aggressors and Victims of Cyberbullying
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Cyberbullying Perpetration | Cyberbullying Victimization |
---|---|---|
Cyberbullying perpetration | - | 0.443 ** |
Cyberbullying victimization | 0.443 ** | - |
Open communication (mother) | −0.174 ** | −0.178 ** |
Open communication (father) | −0.125 ** | −0. 123 ** |
Avoidant communication (mother) | 0.097 ** | 0.161 ** |
Avoidant communication (father) | 0.077 * | 0.147 ** |
Feeling of affiliation (peers) | −0.013 | −0.051 * |
Variables | Non-Cyberbullies | Occasional Cyberbullies | Severe Cyberbullies | F | η2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open communication (mother) | 3.86 a (0.94) | 3.64 b (0.91) | 3.39 b (0.98) | 11.87 *** | 0.027 |
Open communication (father) | 3.58 a (0.93) | 3.36 b (0.86) | 3.16 b (0.87) | 10.87 *** | 0.013 |
Avoidant communication (mother) | 2.83 b (0.75) | 2.98 a (0.69) | 3.03 a (0.76) | 5.69 ** | 0.025 |
Avoidant communication (father) | 2.90 b (0.75) | 3.06 a (0.68) | 3.07 a (0.67) | 5.47 ** | 0.013 |
Feeling of affiliation (peers) | 1.45 (0.24) | 1.46 (0.25) | 1.47 (0.21) | 0.53 | 0.001 |
Variables | Non-Cybervictims | Occasional Cybervictims | Severe Cybervictims | F | η2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open communication (mother) | 3.85 a (0.88) | 3.42 b (1.05) | 3.18 b (1.02) | 22.45 *** | 0.050 |
Open communication (father) | 3.54 a (0.92) | 3.29 b (0.78) | 2.88 c (1.01) | 13.25 *** | 0.011 |
Avoidant communication (mother) | 2.86 b (0.74) | 3.02 a (0.68) | 3.09 a (0.69) | 4.76 ** | 0.030 |
Avoidant communication (father) | 2.92 b (0.74) | 3.11 a (0.63) | 3.25 a (0.81) | 7.94 *** | 0.018 |
Feeling of affiliation (peers) | 1.46 a (0.24) | 1.45 a (0.23) | 1.33 b (0.21) | 4.75 ** | 0.011 |
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Ortega Barón, J.; Postigo, J.; Iranzo, B.; Buelga, S.; Carrascosa, L. Parental Communication and Feelings of Affiliation in Adolescent Aggressors and Victims of Cyberbullying. Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8010003
Ortega Barón J, Postigo J, Iranzo B, Buelga S, Carrascosa L. Parental Communication and Feelings of Affiliation in Adolescent Aggressors and Victims of Cyberbullying. Social Sciences. 2019; 8(1):3. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8010003
Chicago/Turabian StyleOrtega Barón, Jessica, Javier Postigo, Begoña Iranzo, Sofía Buelga, and Laura Carrascosa. 2019. "Parental Communication and Feelings of Affiliation in Adolescent Aggressors and Victims of Cyberbullying" Social Sciences 8, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8010003