RT Journal Article
T1 A serial mediation model of the relationship between cybervictimization and cyberaggression: The role of stress and unforgiveness motivations
A1 Quintana-Orts, Cirenia Luz
A1 Rey-Peña, Lourdes
A1 Chamizo-Nieto, María Teresa
A1 Worthington Jr., Everett L.
K1 Ciberacoso
K1 Perdón
K1 Internet y jóvenes
K1 Adolescentes - Salud mental
AB Cyberaggression is often triggered by cybervictimization. However, little attention has been given to the underlying mechanisms in this relationship. Specifically, this study examined the mediating roles of stress as well as unforgiveness (i.e., revenge and avoidance motivations) in the cybervictimization-cyberbullying aggression link. The main goal is to investigate the direct and indirect effects of cybervictimization on cyberbullying aggression while modeling a process in which cybervictimization causes stress, which in turn causes unforgiveness motivations concluding with cyberbullying aggression as the consequent. A total of 979 adolescents (Mage = 13.72, SD = 1.31) completed the relevant scales at two time points spaced four months apart. The results confirm that stress and revenge motivation at Time 1 act as serial mediators between cybervictimization at Time 1 and cyberbullying behaviors at Time 2. Additionally, the results reveal that avoidance at Time 1 was not a significant mediator in the links between cybervictimization at Time 1 and cyberbullying aggression at Time 2. Our findings provide support for the stress-and-coping model of forgiveness in adolescence and offer original insight into the developmental process of bully-victims in cyberbullying context. These results suggest the importance of efforts addressing motivations and emotion-focused coping strategies in adolescents who have been bullied to prevent and reduce those adolescents’ future stress and aggressive behaviors. The contributions and implications of the results are discussed.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39422
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39422
LA eng
NO Quintana-Orts, C., Rey, L., Chamizo-Nieto, M. T. y Worthington Jr., E. L. (2020). A serial mediation model of the relationship between cybervictimization and cyberaggression: The role of stress and unforgiveness motivations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), 7966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217966
NO Grupo de investigación Applied Positive Lab CTS-1048G-FEDER (Junta de Andalucía)
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026