Title
Cyber-Bullying, Personality and Coping among Pre-Adolescents.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the association of personality Five Factor Model, coping and cyber-bullying/victimization experiences among 300 Greek pre-adolescent students attending the upper two primary school grades. Boys reported more frequent involvement in cyber-bullying incidents, while there were no significant gender differences in terms of cyber-victimization. In terms of participant roles, non-involved students scored higher in Conscientiousness, and cyber-bully/victims in Emotional Instability. The latter also tended to use maladaptive coping strategies more frequently, while cyber-bullies reported using more aggression and resignation to cope with interpersonal conflicts. Multiple regression analyses indicated that low conscientious boys who use passive avoidance and aggression were more likely to cyber-bully, while those who use aggression, passive avoidance and situation control to cope with interpersonal stressors were more likely to be cyber-victimized. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.4018/ijcbpl.2013100104
IJCBPL
Keywords
Field
DocType
factor model,interpersonal conflict,low conscientious boy,multiple regression,greek pre-adolescent student,passive avoidance,frequent involvement,interpersonal stressors,cyber-bullying incident,emotional instability
Big Five personality traits,Emotional Instability,Interpersonal communication,Clinical psychology,Coping (psychology),Psychology,Conscientiousness,Stressor,Aggression,Personality
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
3
4
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.46
1
5