YUAN Bo, ZHANG Ye, ZHANG Shanshan. Mediating effect of self-esteem in the association of loneliness and cyberbullying among middle school students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 526-528,532. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.013
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YUAN Bo, ZHANG Ye, ZHANG Shanshan. Mediating effect of self-esteem in the association of loneliness and cyberbullying among middle school students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 526-528,532. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.013
YUAN Bo, ZHANG Ye, ZHANG Shanshan. Mediating effect of self-esteem in the association of loneliness and cyberbullying among middle school students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 526-528,532. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.013
Citation:
YUAN Bo, ZHANG Ye, ZHANG Shanshan. Mediating effect of self-esteem in the association of loneliness and cyberbullying among middle school students[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2018, 39(4): 526-528,532. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2018.04.013
Objective To understand the relationship between loneliness and cyberbullying among middle school students and possible mediation of self-esteem.Methods Cyberbullying Behavior Questionnaire,the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale were implemented among 934 middle school students from 4 secondary schools in Liaoning province.Results There were statistically significant differences in score of loneliness,self-esteem,cyberbullies/cybervictims in gender and grade (both P<0.01).Cyberbullies/cybervictims negatively correlated with self-esteem (r=-0.29,-0.20,P<0.01),and positively correlated with loneliness (r=0.24,0.20,P< 0.01).There was a positive correlation between cyberbullies and cybervictims(r =0.63,P<0.01).Self-esteem played partial mediation role in the association between loneliness with cyberbullies/ cybervictims (x2/df=4.989,CFI=0.971,TLI=0.957,RMSEA=0.065,SRMR=0.192,AIC=97.852,BIC=165.604;x2/df=3.498,CFI=0.978,TLI=0.969,RMSEA=0.052,SRMR=0.146,AIC=78.465,BIC=141.378).Conclusion Loneliness has both direct and indirect effects,through self-esteem,on cyberbullies/cybervictims.