Psychological Development and Education ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 114-121.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2024.01.12

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The Relationship between Parents’ Phubbing and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying: The Mediating Effects of Stress and the Moderating Effects of Age

WEI Hua1,2, DING Huimin2, CHEN Wu3,4, HAO Xingfeng2, XIONG Jie5   

  1. 1. Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071;
    2. School of Educational Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000;
    3. School of Marxism, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079;
    4. Institute of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079;
    5. Center of Mental Health Education, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430000
  • Published:2024-02-20

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Abstract: Based on the General Strain Theory and Hot/Cool System Theory, this study explores the relationship between parents’ phubbing and adolescent cyberbullying, and the mediating effect of stress and the moderating effect of age. A sample of 912 adolescents was surveyed with Parent Phubbing Scale, Stress Scale and Cyberbullying Perpetration Scale. The results indicated that: (1) Parents’ phubbing, stress and cyberbullying were positively correlated with each other; (2) Parents’ phubbing positively predicted cyberbullying, stress mediated the relationship between parents’ phubbing and adolescent cyberbullying; (3) Age moderated the second half of this mediated pathway, with the effect of stress on cyberbullying being greater in the younger age group compared to the older age group. The present findings support the moderated mediation model underlying the relationship between parents’ phubbing and cyberbullying. This also has significant implications for formulating prevention and intervention measures on cyberbullying among adolescents.

Key words: parents’ phubbing, cyberbullying, stress, age, adolescent

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