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This study investigates the mediating effect of normative moral beliefs about cyberbullying
behavior and self-efficacy beliefs to solve cyberbullying incidents in the relationship
between adolescents’ personal moral beliefs and the use of the content from verbal
aggressions they witnessed in situations of cyberbullying. A total of 1607 students responded to an open-ended question regarding the content of verbal aggression they
observed in cyberbullying situations, as well as questionnaires concerning personal
and normative moral beliefs about cyberbullying behavior and self-efficacy beliefs to
solve cyberbullying situations. Through content analysis, findings revealed nine distinct
categories of content, which are in line with verbal aggression in cyberbullying behavior.
Normative moral beliefs and self-efficacy beliefs mediated the relationship between
adolescents’ personal moral beliefs and using the content from verbal aggressions to
communicate online. These results offer insights to develop authentic and interactive
intervention programs that teach adolescents to communicate assertively, as a step
toward preventing cyberbullying.
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Keywords
Cyberbullying Normative moral beliefs Personal moral beliefs Self-efficacy beliefs Verbal aggression
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Veiga Simão, A. M., Ferreira, P., Francisco, S. M., Paulino, P., & de Souza, S. B. (2018). Cyberbullying: Shaping the use of verbal aggression through normative moral beliefs and self-efficacy. New Media & Society, 20(12), 4787-4806. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818784870
Publisher
Sage