Analysis of Bystander Intervention Behavior in Chinese Adolescents' Cyberbullying in Post-epidemic Era

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Analysis of Bystander Intervention Behavior in Chinese Adolescents' Cyberbullying in Post-epidemic Era

Siqi Ge 1 , Jiawen Wu 2* , Jingpeng Xue 3 , Chuyao Zhang 4
  • 1 Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School International Division, Shanghai, 200231, China    
  • 2 AIEN Institute Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China    
  • 3 Qingdao Agricultural University, School of Animation and Media, Shandong, Qingdao, 266109, China    
  • 4 Guangzhou Foreign Language School, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China    
  • *corresponding author jiawenw@utas.edu.au
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ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-37-9
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Abstract

This paper analyzed the bystander intervention behavior of Chinese adolescents' cyberbullying in the post-epidemic period. In cyberbullying incidents, bystander inaction often exacerbates the adverse effects of cyberbullying on victims. However, bystanders can intervene in behaviors to prevent cyberbullying or provide support to victims. In this study, questionnaires were distributed on social media platforms utilizing questionnaires, and the relationship between variables was explained based on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) theory. The results showed that in the post-epidemic era when adolescents were exposed to violent content on the Internet, their attitude towards cyberbullying intervention behavior, their subjective norms of cyberbullying intervention behavior, and their perceived behavioral control of cyberbullying intervention behavior were positively correlated with cyberbullying intervention behavior. However, the experiences of cyberbullying and bystander intervention were not significantly related among teenagers. Therefore, this analysis asserted that in the post-epidemic era, under the effect of COVID-19, views, norms, and sense of agency around cyberbullying among teenagers Cyberbullying bystander intervention behavior was favorably affected by bystander intervention. This can enrich the theoretical results of TPB and provide academic support for subsequent scholars' analysis.

Keywords:

Cyberbullying, Adolescents, Bystander intervention behavior, TPB

Ge,S.;Wu,J.;Xue,J.;Zhang,C. (2023). Analysis of Bystander Intervention Behavior in Chinese Adolescents' Cyberbullying in Post-epidemic Era. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,6,310-318.
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Cite this article

Ge,S.;Wu,J.;Xue,J.;Zhang,C. (2023). Analysis of Bystander Intervention Behavior in Chinese Adolescents' Cyberbullying in Post-epidemic Era. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,6,310-318.

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Conference date: 18 December 2022
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References

[1]. Straus L.B., Cyberbullying: Which 3 social networks are the worst? (2016) http://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/cyberbullying-which-3-social-networks-are-worst,(Accessed on 20 Oct 2016).

[2]. Zhang S., Leidner D., From improper to acceptable: How perpetrators neutralize workplace bullying behaviors in the cyber world, Information & Management. 55 (7) (2018)850-865.

[3]. Waasdorp, T. E., & Bradshaw, C. P. (2015). The overlap between cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Journal of adolescent health, 56(5), 483-488.

[4]. Smith PK, Mahdavi J, Carvalho M, Fisher S, Russell S, Tippett N. Cyberbullying: its nature and impact in secondary school pupils. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;49(4):376–85.

[5]. Nixon, C. L. (2014). Current perspectives: the impact of cyberbullying on adolescent health. Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics, 5, 143.

[6]. Mehari, K. R., Farrell, A. D., & Le, A. T. H. (2014). Cyberbullying among adolescents: Measures in search of a construct. Psychology of Violence, 4(4), 399.

[7]. Hoff, D. L., & Mitchell, S. N. (2009). Cyberbullying: Causes, effects, and remedies. Journal of Educational Administration.

[8]. AKRIM, A. (2022). Student perception of cyberbullying in social media. Aksaqila Jabfung.

[9]. Zhu, C., Huang, S., Evans, R., & Zhang, W. (2021). Cyberbullying among adolescents and children: a comprehensive review of the global situation, risk factors, and preventive measures. Frontiers in public health, 9, 634909.

[10]. Goebert, D., Else, I., Matsu, C., Chung-Do, J., & Chang, J. Y. (2011). The impact of cyberbullying on substance uses and mental health in a multiethnic sample. Maternal and child health journal, 15(8), 1282-1286.

[11]. Safaria, T. (2016). Prevalence and impact of cyberbullying in a sample of indonesian junior high school students. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology-TOJET, 15(1), 82-91.

[12]. Wiederhold, B. K., & Riva, G. (Eds.). (2012). Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2012: Advanced Technologies in the Behavioral, Social and Neurosciences.

[13]. Brody, N., & Vangelisti, A. L. (2016). Bystander intervention in cyberbullying. Communication Monographs, 83(1), 94-119.

[14]. Mishna, F., Cook, C., Gadalla, T., Daciuk, J., & Solomon, S. (2010). Cyber bullying behaviors among middle and high school students. American journal of orthopsychiatry, 80(3), 362-374.

[15]. Han, L., Xiao, M., Jou, M., Hu, L., Sun, R., & Zhou, Z. (2020). The long-term effect of media violence exposure on aggression of youngsters. Computers in human behavior, 106, 106257.

[16]. Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational behavior and human decision processes, 50(2), 179-211.

[17]. Kozubal, M., Szuster, A., & Barlińska, J. (2019). Cyberbystanders, affective empathy and social norms. Studia Psychologica, 61(2), 120-131.

[18]. Borgström, A. (n.d.). NETCLEAN REPORT COVID-19 IMPACT 2020. Netclean.

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