TY - JOUR
T1 - Bullying and Cyberbullying in Turkish Adolescents
T2 - Direct and Indirect Effects of Parenting Processes
AU - Vazsonyi, Alexander T.
AU - Ksinan Jiskrova, Gabriela
AU - Özdemir, Yalçın
AU - Bell, Marcia Malone
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - The current investigation sought to (a) report on the prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying perpetration among Turkish youth; (b) test a predictive model of bullying and cyberbullying perpetration, which specifies both direct links and indirect links via low self-control between measures of maternal and paternal parenting and measures of bullying; and (c) examine sex differences in the model. Questionnaire data were collected from adolescents (N = 546; Mage = 15.91; 56.2% female) at two public high schools in a small city in western Turkey. Key measures included low self-control, bullying and cyberbullying perpetration, and parental closeness, monitoring, and peer approval (autonomy granting). Substantial rates of both bullying (72.9%) and cyberbullying (17.9%) perpetration were found in this student population. Based on path analyses, paternal peer approval predicted bullying both directly and indirectly via low self-control. In addition, paternal closeness was found to predict higher levels of self-control; finally, low self-control predicted both bullying and cyberbullying behaviors. Analyses by sex showed that maternal and paternal closeness as well as paternal peer approval predicted low self-control and bullying/cyberbullying behaviors for female youth; however, none of the parenting processes were associated with low self-control or bullying/cyberbullying among male adolescents.
AB - The current investigation sought to (a) report on the prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying perpetration among Turkish youth; (b) test a predictive model of bullying and cyberbullying perpetration, which specifies both direct links and indirect links via low self-control between measures of maternal and paternal parenting and measures of bullying; and (c) examine sex differences in the model. Questionnaire data were collected from adolescents (N = 546; Mage = 15.91; 56.2% female) at two public high schools in a small city in western Turkey. Key measures included low self-control, bullying and cyberbullying perpetration, and parental closeness, monitoring, and peer approval (autonomy granting). Substantial rates of both bullying (72.9%) and cyberbullying (17.9%) perpetration were found in this student population. Based on path analyses, paternal peer approval predicted bullying both directly and indirectly via low self-control. In addition, paternal closeness was found to predict higher levels of self-control; finally, low self-control predicted both bullying and cyberbullying behaviors. Analyses by sex showed that maternal and paternal closeness as well as paternal peer approval predicted low self-control and bullying/cyberbullying behaviors for female youth; however, none of the parenting processes were associated with low self-control or bullying/cyberbullying among male adolescents.
KW - adolescence
KW - bullying
KW - cyberbullying
KW - low self-control
KW - parenting
KW - Turkey
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U2 - 10.1177/0022022116687853
DO - 10.1177/0022022116687853
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027710914
SN - 0022-0221
VL - 48
SP - 1153
EP - 1171
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
IS - 8
ER -