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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Positive Psychology
Volume 14 - 2023 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1252424
This article is part of the Research Topic

Individual Differences in Addictive Behaviors

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Relationships parental positive parenting and cyberbullying perpetration among adolescents: Role of self-esteem and smartphone addiction

Ji-Hye Kim1 Song Hye-Young1 Gye Hyun Jung2*
  • 1Woosuk University, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Nursing, Jeonbuk Science College, Republic of Korea

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This cross-sectional study investigated the mediating effect of adolescent self-esteem and smartphone addiction in the relationship between positive parenting and adolescent cyberbullying perpetration The secondary analysis used data from the 2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. The data on parental positive parenting, adolescent self-esteem, smartphone addiction, and perpetration of cyberbullying of 2,394 Korean adolescents (boys: 1,297, 54.2%) were analyzed. Hayes' PROCESS macro program was used to confirm the mediating role. The results revealed that 26.5% (n=634) of adolescents had experienced perpetration of cyberbullying. Parental positive parenting did not directly relate to cyberbullying perpetration. Adolescent self-esteem and smartphone addiction played a mediating role between positive parenting and adolescent cyberbullying. Therefore, adolescents' individual characteristics and parent/family system characteristics should be considered in policies aimed at preventing adolescent cyberbullying perpetration, preceded by management of appropriate smartphone use. Improving the youth's self-esteem and teaching them how to use smartphones correctly can help prevent cyberbullying perpetration.

Keywords: adolescents, cyberbullying, Parenting, self-esteem, Smartphone addiction

Received: 13 Jul 2023; Accepted: 07 Dec 2023.

Copyright: © 2023 Kim, Hye-Young and Jung. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Prof. Gye Hyun Jung, Department of Nursing, Jeonbuk Science College, Jeongeup-city, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea