Fun over conscience: Fun-seeking tendencies in cyberbullying perpetration

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Highlights:

• Newly developed cyberbullying involvement and predictor measures were tested.

• Pictorial and verbal bullying loaded on separate but related factors.

• Fun-seeking tendencies in cyber-aggression (FSCA) has robust psychometric properties.

• FSCA has additional value on top of normative beliefs in explaining cyberbullying perpetration.

• The correlation between FSCA and cyberbullying perpetration was significantly stronger.

摘要

•Newly developed cyberbullying involvement and predictor measures were tested.•Pictorial and verbal bullying loaded on separate but related factors.•Fun-seeking tendencies in cyber-aggression (FSCA) has robust psychometric properties.•FSCA has additional value on top of normative beliefs in explaining cyberbullying perpetration.•The correlation between FSCA and cyberbullying perpetration was significantly stronger.

论文关键词:Cyberbullying,Cyber-aggression,Fun-seeking tendencies,Normative beliefs

论文评审过程:Received 19 June 2017, Revised 25 April 2018, Accepted 6 May 2018, Available online 7 May 2018, Version of Record 12 May 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.009