Parenting Practices as Risk or Preventive Factors for Adolescent Involvement in Cyberbullying: Contribution of Children and Parent Gender

Olga Gómez-Ortiz, Eva M. Romera, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz and Rosario Del Rey
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Olga Gómez-Ortiz: Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Eva M. Romera: Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Rosario Ortega-Ruiz: Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Rosario Del Rey: Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-23

Abstract: Literature points out the role of parenting on adolescent cyberbullying involvement. However, it is necessary to clarify how gender affects this relationship. The aim of this study has been to examine the relation between the adolescents’ perception about parenting practices, and their involvement in cyberbullying, bearing in mind both girls’ and boys’ gender and progenitors’ gender. The sample comprised 2060 Spanish secondary school students (47.9% girls; Mage = 14.34). Two-way ANOVA and binary logistic regression analyses were carried out. An effect of the interaction between sex and cyberbullying roles in maternal affection and communication, inductive discipline, and psychological control, as well as paternal promotion of autonomy and psychological control, was found. In general, it can be observed that the more negative results were found in cyber-aggressors, especially when this role is assumed by girls. The results of logistic regression analysis suggest that parenting practices explain better cyberbullying involvement in girls compared to boys, finding some important differences between both sexes regarding protective and risk factors. These findings highlight the importance of parenting practices to explain cyberbullying involvement, which supports the necessity of including family among the addresses of intervention programs.

Keywords: parental discipline; family; cyber-victimization; social networks; gender differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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