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Cyberbullying through the lens of social influence: predicting cyberbullying perpetration from perceived peer-norm, cyberspace regulations and ingroup processes
Valentina Piccoli (Piccoli, V.); Andrea Carnaghi (Carnaghi, A.); Michele Grassi (Grassi, M.); Marta Stragà (Stragà, M.); Mauro Bianchi (Bianchi, M.);
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Computers in Human Behavior
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2020
Língua
Inglês
País
Reino Unido
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Abstract/Resumo
In the present research we analyzed the social influence mechanisms that back the relation between peer group norms regarding cyberbullying behaviors and individual cyberbullying perpetration. In a sample of adolescents (N = 3511, age: M = 16.27, SD = 1.58), we showed that the relation between perceived peer-norm and cyberbullying perpetration was moderated by two distinct social influence mechanisms. Specifically, when individuals' lack of knowledge regarding appropriate behaviors in cyberspace (i.e., cyberspace regulations), levels of perceived peer-norm regarding cyberbullying behaviors positively influence the participants' engagement in cyberbullying perpetration (i.e., informational social influence). Moreover, we showed that the higher the support of perceived peer-norm regarding cyberbullying behaviors the higher the levels of cyberbullying perpetration, especially for the higher (vs. lower) levels of identification with peers as the ingroup; this relation was additionally enhanced at increasing levels of adolescents' ingroup prototypicality (i.e., referential informative social influence). The results demonstrated that the two social influence mechanisms work independently and likely contribute to predict participants’ engagement in cyberbullying perpetration. Results are discussed with respect to the current literature regarding the social influence mechanisms underlying cyberbullying. The implications of these findings for practical interventions are explored.
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Palavras-chave
Cyberbullying,Social influence,Social identity,Peer-norm,Identification,Prototypicality
  • Ciências da Computação e da Informação - Ciências Naturais
  • Psicologia - Ciências Sociais
  • Outras Humanidades - Humanidades
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Referência de financiamento Entidade Financiadora
UID/PSI/03125/2013 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia