Gender differences in the association between cyberbullying victimization and perpetration: the role of anger rumination and traditional bullying experiences

Zsila, Á, Urbán, R, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Demetrovics, Z, 2018. Gender differences in the association between cyberbullying victimization and perpetration: the role of anger rumination and traditional bullying experiences. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. ISSN 1557-1874

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Abstract

Studies investigating the similarities and differences in traditional bullying and cyberbullying experiences have demonstrated considerable gender differences concerning its determinants. The aim of the present study was to provide further evidence for the differential role of determinants for males and females by investigating the moderating role of traditional bullying and anger rumination in the relationship of past cyberbullying victimization and recent cyberbullying perpetration in respect to gender. A total of 1500 Hungarian adolescents and adults (57.9% male, Mage = 28.9 years, SD = 8.7) completed an online survey on bullying experiences. Results indicated that males were more likely than females to engage in cyberbullying when they had been previously bullied online. Furthermore, high anger rumination elevated the risk of perpetration among male cyberbullying victims, while repeated victimization in traditional bullying increased the risk of cyberbullying perpetration among females. These results underline the importance of considering gender differences in intervention efforts against bullying.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Creators:	Zsila, Á., Urbán, R., Griffiths, M.D. and Demetrovics, Z.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	20 March 2018
ISSN:	1557-1874
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s11469-018-9893-9 DOI 9893 Publisher Item Identifier
Rights:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	28 Mar 2018 10:40
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2018 07:20
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33133

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