Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 439-448.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.03.15

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Parental Phubbing and Adolescent’s Cyberbullying Perpetration: The Roles of Self-esteem and Basic Empathy

GAO Ling, MENG Wenhui, LIU Jiedi, YANG Jiping, WANG Xingchao   

  1. School of Educational Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
  • Published:2023-05-13

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Abstract: The current study used a questionnaire method and conducted 2407 grade seven students from seven middle schools in Taiyuan and Changzhi, Shanxi Province. We examined the relationship between parental phubbing and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration and extended previous literature by exploring the mediating effect of self-esteem and the moderating effect of basic empathy in this relationship. The results showed that: (1) Parental phubbing positively predicted adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration; (2) Self-esteem mediated the relationship between parental phubbing and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration; (3) Basic empathy significantly moderated the relationship between self-esteem and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration. However, basic empathy did not moderate the relationship between parental phubbing and adolescents' cyberbullying perpetration.

Key words: parental phubbing, self-esteem, basic empathy, cyberbullying perpetration, adolescents

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