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The effect of cyberbullying perpetration on empathy and moral disengagement: Testing a mediation model in a three-wave longitudinal study
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Objective: Numerous studies have found that socioemotional and moral variables such as empathy and
moral disengagement (MD) strategies are related to cyberbullying perpetration. However, it is necessary to
explore whether an inverse association exists, as well as to identify possible variables that may mediate this
relationship. The purpose of this study was to test whether cyberbullying perpetration was associated with
MD strategies 1 year later and whether affective and cognitive empathy mediate this relationship. Method:
A total of 1,199 students (51.2% girls; Mage = 13.46; SD = 0.751) were surveyed via self-report measures in
a longitudinal study, in three time waves separated by 6-month intervals. Results: The data indicated that
cyberbullying perpetration was related to all four MD strategies 1 year later, although only affective
empathy mediated the relationship between cyberbullying perpetration and cognitive restructuring and
minimization of responsibility, whereas cognitive empathy had not a mediating effect. Conclusions: This
study underscores that aggressive online behaviors are associated with individuals’ MD strategies and
reinforces the importance of its prevention to ensure social well-being in adolescents. Future intervention
programs to prevent cyberbullying should promote affective empathy and strategies to avoid the lack of
moral responsibility or justification for transgressive behavior, which can be associated with continued
cyberbullying perpetration.
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Cyberbullying perpetration Moral disengagement strategies Empathy Adolescent Mediation model
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Falla, D., Ortega-Ruiz, R., da Costa Ferreira, P., Veiga Simão, A. M., & Romera, E. M. (2023). The effect of cyberbullying perpetration on empathy and moral disengagement: Testing a mediation model in a three-wave longitudinal study. Psychology of Violence, 13(5), 436-446. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000472
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APA