TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediating Roles of Self-Esteem and Empathy in the Relation Between Mindfulness and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Adolescents
T2 - A Longitudinal Perspective
AU - Liu, Caimeng
AU - Yuan, Guangzhe Frank
AU - Fung, Hong Wang
AU - Zhao, Jingjing
AU - Shi, Wei
AU - An, Yuanyuan
AU - Liu, Jiaxin
N1 - Funding Information:
Caimeng Liu’s work is supported by a research grant (CSXL-22231) from Chengdu Medical College - Sichuan Applied Psychology Research Center.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
PY - 2024/1/2
Y1 - 2024/1/2
N2 - Prior research has documented that mindfulness is negatively associated with aggressive behaviors. Recently, studies have examined mediating psychological constructs that account for the relationships between mindfulness and cyberbullying perpetration. The purpose of the current study was to examine the longitudinal relationship between mindfulness and cyberbullying behaviors through the mediating variables of self-esteem and empathy. This study used a two-wave longitudinal design. The final sample consisted of 661 Chinese junior high school students. Participants completed four self-report questionnaires including mindfulness, self-esteem, empathy, and cyberbullying perpetration. Structural equation modeling revealed that mindfulness was significantly related to cyberbullying perpetration over time. Self-esteem and empathy significantly mediated the relationship between mindfulness and cyberbullying. Future research may focus on the potential mechanisms linking mindfulness and other protective factors with cyberbullying perpetration to facilitate the development and use of cyberbullying interventions.
AB - Prior research has documented that mindfulness is negatively associated with aggressive behaviors. Recently, studies have examined mediating psychological constructs that account for the relationships between mindfulness and cyberbullying perpetration. The purpose of the current study was to examine the longitudinal relationship between mindfulness and cyberbullying behaviors through the mediating variables of self-esteem and empathy. This study used a two-wave longitudinal design. The final sample consisted of 661 Chinese junior high school students. Participants completed four self-report questionnaires including mindfulness, self-esteem, empathy, and cyberbullying perpetration. Structural equation modeling revealed that mindfulness was significantly related to cyberbullying perpetration over time. Self-esteem and empathy significantly mediated the relationship between mindfulness and cyberbullying. Future research may focus on the potential mechanisms linking mindfulness and other protective factors with cyberbullying perpetration to facilitate the development and use of cyberbullying interventions.
KW - adolescents
KW - cyberbullying perpetration
KW - empathy
KW - Mindfulness
KW - self-esteem
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173760597&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15388220.2023.2266800
DO - 10.1080/15388220.2023.2266800
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85173760597
SN - 1538-8220
VL - 23
SP - 43
EP - 54
JO - Journal of School Violence
JF - Journal of School Violence
IS - 1
ER -
