Cyber-Victimization and Cyber-Aggression among Portuguese Adolescents: The Relation to Family Support and Family Rules

Maria José D. Martins, Ana Margarida Veiga Simão, Isabel Freire, Ana Paula Caetano and Armanda Matos
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Maria José D. Martins: Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal
Ana Margarida Veiga Simão: Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Isabel Freire: Institute of Education, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Ana Paula Caetano: Institute of Education, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Armanda Matos: Faculty of Psychology and Science Education, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), 2016, vol. 6, issue 3, 65-78

Abstract: This study aims to clarify how the quality of the family environment is related to the involvement in cyberbullying behaviors, either as a cyber-victim or as a cyber-aggressor, via a cross-sectional research design. With this purpose a diagnostic questionnaire with questions about both the quality of family environment and cyberbullying was conceived and administered to 3525 adolescents attending 6th, 8th and 11th grades at several schools in Portugal. The results suggested that two family aspects seem to be equally important in protection against cyberbullying: perception of family support and perception of rules within the family. A hierarchical regression analysis reveals that lack of family support is more predictive of cyber-victimization and that a lack of family rules is more predictive of cyber-aggression. The authors discuss the implications for the well-being of adolescents, as well as the challenges that parents face in the supervision of adolescents' use of digital technologies.

Date: 2016
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