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Van Ingen, Barbara G.

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Investigating Entity Theory as a Mediator Between Peer Victimization and Cyberbullying.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Investigating Entity Theory as a Mediator Between Peer Victimization and Cyberbullying./
Author:	Van Ingen, Barbara G.
Description:	151 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-05(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-05B(E).
Subject:	Psychology, General. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3578895
ISBN:	9781303741531

Investigating Entity Theory as a Mediator Between Peer Victimization and Cyberbullying.
Van Ingen, Barbara G.

Investigating Entity Theory as a Mediator Between Peer Victimization and Cyberbullying. - 151 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-05(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northcentral University, 2014.

Approximately 50 to 70% of adolescents experience bullying. Similar to traditional bullying, cybervictims are at risk for negative outcomes academically, socially, emotionally, and psychologically. The motivations for cyberbullying are not well understood. One explanation offered worthy of increased research attention is that adolescents seeking revenge may seek retribution on their traditional bullies by becoming the cyberbully. Implicit theory posits that people hold one of two types of theories of personality: either (a) an entity theory of personality, which is a belief in fixed traits, or (b) an incremental theory of personality, which is a belief in the malleability of traits. The possible relationship between belief in entity theory and cyberbullying might account for the effects of victimization on cyberbullying. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine if belief in entity theory of personality was related to cyberbullying, and if it mediated the relationship between previous peer victimization and cyberbullying. One hundred fifty- two junior-high students, ages 12 to 15 years, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada were asked to voluntarily participate; 134 participants filled out and returned completed surveys that assessed peer-victimization, cyberbullying, and implicit personality theories. A series of multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the extent to which belief in entity theory of personality mediated the effects of previous peer victimization, the independent variable, on cyberbullying perpetration, the dependent variable. Belief in entity theory added a significant amount of variance in cyberbullying perpetration, F (1, 127) = 3.942,p = .049, DeltaR2 = .028. Belief in entity theory was positively and significantly related to cyberbullying perpetration. Peer victimization added a significant proportion of additional variance in cyberbullying perpetration, F (2, 126) = 6.576,p = .002, DeltaR2 = .160. Peer victimization was positively and significantly related to cyberbullying perpetration. Belief in entity theory did not mediate the effects of peer victimization on cyberbullying perpetration. The findings were consistent with the idea that victims of traditional bullying attempted to seek vengeance through cyberbullying, but findings did not demonstrate that victimization contributed to cyberbullying by contributing to belief in entity theory. It is recommended that future studies recruit participants from a broader geographical area, choose a higher number of schools, and use ethnicity as a moderator.

ISBN: 9781303741531Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018034
Psychology, General.

Investigating Entity Theory as a Mediator Between Peer Victimization and Cyberbullying.
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