Cybervictimization, Self-Concept, Aggressiveness, and School Anxiety in School Children: A Structural Equations Analysis

Raquel Escortell, Beatriz Delgado and María C. Martínez-Monteagudo
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Raquel Escortell: Faculty of Education, International University of La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain
Beatriz Delgado: Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactic, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
María C. Martínez-Monteagudo: Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactic, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-15

Abstract: The rapid increase in cases of cybervictimization amongst children has led researchers to examine the psychoemotional factors related to cyberbullying behavior, in an attempt to prevent and minimize its impact. The objective of this study was to establish and contrast the fit of an explanatory model on cybervictimization based on its relationship with self-concept, aggressiveness, and school anxiety using a structural equations analysis. A total of 542 Spanish students aged 10–12 ( M age = 10.97; SD = 0.74) completed a battery of questionnaires. An adjusted structural equations model was obtained (χ 2 = 512.23; df = 99; p < 0.001; CFI = 0.928; NFI = 0.91; IFI = 0.928; RMSEA = 0.078). A direct and negative relationship was obtained between cybervictimization and self-concept and between cybervictimization and school anxiety. In addition, a direct and positive relationship was found between aggressiveness and self-concept and between aggressiveness and school anxiety. Indirect relationships were not found between the variables. The study’s findings demonstrate that the variables of self-concept and school anxiety are directly related to cybervictimization and that the improved psychoemotional adjustment of the youngest students may help to prevent the risk of being victimized over the Internet.

Keywords: cybervictimization; self-concept; aggressiveness; school anxiety; Primary Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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