A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying

This research paper aims to evaluate cybervictimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition effect and cyberbullying. A cross-sectional quantitative study was performed on 385 tertiary education students from public and private tertiary education institutions in Malaysia....

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Main Authors: Lim, Melissa Clare Mei Hwa, Mohammad Raif Raihan Ooi, Mohammad Faisal Ooi, Wong, Chye Har
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3552/1/fyp_PY_2019_LMCMH_%2D_1502464.pdf
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Mohammad Raif Raihan Ooi, Mohammad Faisal Ooi
Wong, Chye Har
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description This research paper aims to evaluate cybervictimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition effect and cyberbullying. A cross-sectional quantitative study was performed on 385 tertiary education students from public and private tertiary education institutions in Malaysia. The participants were recruited using the snowball sampling method. Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) was used to run hierarchical multiple regression analysis to test the whether cybervictimization during adolescence predicted cyberbullying, and whether there is a significant effect of online disinhibition effect on the relationship between cybervictimization and cyberbullying perpetration. The same analysis was also utilized to evaluate the three-way interactions of awareness and acceptance with the other variables. The results indicated that being victims of cyberbullying during adolescence are more likely to be cyberbullies in the future. In addition, online disinhibition effect was found to influence the tendency for victims to cyberbully others. However, three-way interactions were insignificant, whereby acceptance and awareness were not able to impact the influence of online disinhibition effect. Future research are suggested to use a broader scale for mindfulness or test another factor altogether to identify an inhibitor to counteract against online disinhibition effect.
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spelling my-utar-eprints.35522019-08-22T12:58:56Z A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying Lim, Melissa Clare Mei Hwa Mohammad Raif Raihan Ooi, Mohammad Faisal Ooi Wong, Chye Har BF Psychology This research paper aims to evaluate cybervictimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition effect and cyberbullying. A cross-sectional quantitative study was performed on 385 tertiary education students from public and private tertiary education institutions in Malaysia. The participants were recruited using the snowball sampling method. Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) was used to run hierarchical multiple regression analysis to test the whether cybervictimization during adolescence predicted cyberbullying, and whether there is a significant effect of online disinhibition effect on the relationship between cybervictimization and cyberbullying perpetration. The same analysis was also utilized to evaluate the three-way interactions of awareness and acceptance with the other variables. The results indicated that being victims of cyberbullying during adolescence are more likely to be cyberbullies in the future. In addition, online disinhibition effect was found to influence the tendency for victims to cyberbully others. However, three-way interactions were insignificant, whereby acceptance and awareness were not able to impact the influence of online disinhibition effect. Future research are suggested to use a broader scale for mindfulness or test another factor altogether to identify an inhibitor to counteract against online disinhibition effect. 2019-03-25 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3552/1/fyp_PY_2019_LMCMH_%2D_1502464.pdf Lim, Melissa Clare Mei Hwa and Mohammad Raif Raihan Ooi, Mohammad Faisal Ooi and Wong, Chye Har (2019) A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3552/
spellingShingle BF Psychology
Lim, Melissa Clare Mei Hwa
Mohammad Raif Raihan Ooi, Mohammad Faisal Ooi
Wong, Chye Har
A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying
title A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying
title_full A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying
title_fullStr A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying
title_full_unstemmed A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying
title_short A study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying
title_sort study of cyberbullying victimization and the moderating role of mindfulness on online disinhibition and cyberbullying
topic BF Psychology
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3552/1/fyp_PY_2019_LMCMH_%2D_1502464.pdf
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