Negative Peer Relationships on Piracy Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Associations between Cyberbullying Involvement and Digital Piracy

Santiago Yubero, Elisa Larrañaga, Beatriz Villora and Raúl Navarro
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Santiago Yubero: Faculty of Education and Humanities, Department of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda de los Alfares, 42, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
Elisa Larrañaga: Faculty of Education and Humanities, Department of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda de los Alfares, 42, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
Beatriz Villora: Faculty of Education and Humanities, Department of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda de los Alfares, 42, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
Raúl Navarro: Faculty of Education and Humanities, Department of Psychology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda de los Alfares, 42, 16071 Cuenca, Spain

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: The present study examines the relationship between different roles in cyberbullying behaviors (cyberbullies, cybervictims, cyberbullies-victims, and uninvolved) and self-reported digital piracy. In a region of central Spain, 643 (49.3% females, 50.7% males) students (grades 7–10) completed a number of self-reported measures, including cyberbullying victimization and perpetration, self-reported digital piracy, ethical considerations of digital piracy, time spent on the Internet, and leisure activities related with digital content. The results of a series of hierarchical multiple regression models for the whole sample indicate that cyberbullies and cyberbullies-victims are associated with more reports of digital piracy. Subsequent hierarchical multiple regression analyses, done separately for males and females, indicate that the relationship between cyberbullying and self-reported digital piracy is sustained only for males. The ANCOVA analysis show that, after controlling for gender, self-reported digital piracy and time spent on the Internet, cyberbullies and cyberbullies-victims believe that digital piracy is a more ethically and morally acceptable behavior than victims and uninvolved adolescents believe. The results provide insight into the association between two deviant behaviors.

Keywords: cyberbullying; digital piracy; ethical behavior; adolescents; online violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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