Gratitude as a Protective Factor for Cyberbullying Victims: Conditional Effects on School and Life Satisfaction

Xavier Oriol, Jorge Varela and Rafael Miranda
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Xavier Oriol: Escuela de Educación, Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7550000, Chile
Jorge Varela: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 7610658, Chile
Rafael Miranda: Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Continental, Lima 15046, Peru

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-15

Abstract: Recently, studies linking the emotion of dispositional gratitude to cyberbullying have attracted attention. However, this is still a seminal research area that requires further scientific studies. Through longitudinal data, this study aims to analyze the mitigating effect of gratitude on cybervictimization and two indicators of adolescent subjective well-being, namely school and life satisfaction. To this end, 221 adolescents attending private schools in Peru (age: mean (M) = 12.09; standard deviation (SD) = 0.89) were selected to respond to a self-administered questionnaire in two waves that were six months apart. Descriptive data show that 27% of cybervictims also suffer other types of traditional bullying. The overlaps between forms of bullying contribute to higher probabilities of experiencing low school and life satisfaction compared to non-victims after six months. The results of the moderation analysis show that experience high gratitude help students to maintain stable levels of life satisfaction regardless of the prevalence of cyberbullying after six months The results are discussed in terms of the relevance of fostering gratitude from early ages.

Keywords: cyberbullying; overlap between forms of bullying; school satisfaction; life satisfaction; dispositional gratitude (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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