The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control on Cyberbully/Victim Status in Adolescents

Özdemir, Emine Zahide; Bektaş, Murat

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2021.04.004

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“…Therefore, Hypothesis 3, regarding this mediating role, was not supported. This finding is not in line with previous studies, which have found that students' external or internal locus of control could make them more or less vulnerable, respectively, to cyberbullying engagement as bullies/victims (Özdemir & Bektaş, 2021;Popoviciu, 2019). This feeling of control likely has the potential to interact with individuals' behaviors (as victims/bullies), especially in the cases where something happens to themselves (being victimized/victimize others), compared to the cases where a negative incident (cyberbullying) happens to others and a bystander has to decide over controlling the situation.…”

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“…Additionally, individuals' low empathic skills could make them ineffectively decode and feel others' emotions and meanings during online chatting and therefore easily become the target of online victimization (Brewer & Kerslake, 2015;Horzum et al, 2021). Accordingly, the locus of control, namely, the way individuals perceive that a situation is under their control (internal locus of control) or not (external locus of control), could predispose them more or less positively, respectively, to appropriately manage an online conversation and avoid getting involved in an unpleasant experience as a bully or victim (e.g., Özdemir & Bektaş, 2021;Popoviciu, 2019). However, despite the intense research interest in the predictive role of empathy and locus of control in cyberbullies and cybervictims, the investigation of the predictive value of the above individual factors in case of bystanders' intended reaction to cyberbullying is scarce, inconclusive, and concerns almost exclusively adolescents and not young adults as mentioned previously.…”

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Stand by me or not? Academic context-related and individual contributors to university students’ intended reaction to cyberbullying.

Touloupis,

Campbell,

Pnevmatikos

2024

Psychology of Violence

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Stand by me or not? Academic context-related and individual contributors to university students’ intended reaction to cyberbullying.

Touloupis,

Campbell,

Pnevmatikos

2024

Psychology of Violence

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“…However, the results of the analysis of the relationship between MHLC scores and healthy lifestyle behaviors are variable. A significant association was reported for MHLC and dietary patterns [23], body mass index (BMI) [24], quality of life in patients with diabetes [25], the effect of organic food label on food consumption [26], compliance with childhood vaccinations [27], self-assessed health [28], cyberbullying and being victimized [29], and even for mortality [30]. The studies performed in Polish populations revealed a significant association between IHLC and health behaviors, including health nutrition, physical activity and using safety belts in cars, in students of health sciences [31], between PHLC and health behaviors in medical workers [32], and between IHLC, PHLC, and health behaviors in adults from other professional groups [32].…”

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Nutritional Behaviors, Health Literacy, and Health Locus of Control of Secondary Schoolers in Southern Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study

Duplaga

Grysztar

2021

Nutrients

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Nutritional behaviors remain an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. It seems obvious that unfavorable health behaviors adopted in adolescence are maintained late in adulthood and may have a profound effect on health status. The main aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional behaviors and health literacy (HL), health locus of control (HLC), and socioeconomic variables in secondary school pupils from a voivodship (the main unit of territorial division) in southern Poland. The analysis was based on dataTable from a paper-and-pencil survey taken by 2223 pupils from schools selected as the result of cluster sampling. The survey questionnaire encompassed a set of five items asking about dietary patterns and the consumption of fruit and vegetables as well as fast food, a European Health Literacy Project Questionnaire consisting of 47 items, the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scale, and items asking about sociodemographic and economic variables. Uni- and multivariate logistic regression models have been developed to assess the predictors of indicator nutrition behaviors. The adjusted models revealed that internal HLC was not significantly associated with any of analyzed nutritional behaviors. “Powerful other HLC” and “Chance HLC” (dimension of external HLC) were significant predictors of the selected dietary patterns. Furthermore, higher HL was associated with higher consumption of fruit and vegetables [odds ratio, 95% confidence interval (OR, 95% CI)]: 1.02 (1.01–1.04) and with lower consumption of fast food (OR, 95% CI, 0.98, 0.95–0.999). There was a significant relationship between gender, the size of the household, self-assessed economic situation, expenditures on mobile phones, and weekly duration of Internet use and selected nutrition behaviors. In conclusion, developed regression models confirmed a significant relationship between HL and the types of consumed food, but not with dieting patterns. Contrary to earlier studies, internal HLC was not associated with nutrition behaviors. In our study, boys showed more favorable nutritional behaviors than girls. More intense use of the Internet was associated with less beneficial nutritional behaviors. This study brings important results that should have an impact on health promotion interventions addressed to adolescents in southern Poland.

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“…Only isolated reports indicate the existence of a relationship. For example, a study involving a group of Turkish adolescents found that external locus of control was significantly associated with both being a victim and perpetrator of cyberbullying [ 40 ]. In contrast, in a Chinese population of elementary school students, locus of control was proven to moderate the relationship between victimization and the developmental trajectories of internalizing and externalizing problems.…”

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Psycho-Social Correlates of Cyberbullying among Polish Adolescents

Rębisz

Jasińska-Maciążek

Grygiel

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Cyberbullying has recently attracted attention due to its increasing prevalence and serious consequences for both victims and perpetrators. The objective of this population-based study was to examine the determinants of a person becoming a perpetrator of cyberbullying, including personal resources (emotional self-regulation, self-esteem, internal locus of control, optimism), social skills (prosocial behavior, assertiveness, cognitive empathy, cooperation), peer relationships (peer support, threats from peers, peer rejection, dislike of peers), and problematic Internet use (excessive Internet use, impulsive reactions to Internet deprivation). Participants (N = 541) were students at elementary schools (age 14–15) in Ostroleka, a city in central-eastern Poland. Two-part regression was used to explore protective/risk factors of the likelihood of an individual using cyberviolence (dichotomous part: involvement in violence) and how often it is used (continuous part: frequency of cyberbullying). The results showed that the emotional component is crucial to cyberbullying, as indicated by the importance of emotional self-control, which reduces the frequency of cyberbullying. Other important factors are assertiveness, impulsive response to limited Internet access (which increases the likelihood of engaging in cyberbullying) and fear of peers (which reduces its frequency). In turn, the importance of pro-sociality (which inhibits engagement) and peer support (which promotes engagement) points to the second important component of cyberbullying—that is, group mechanisms. At the same time, the results indicate that while the importance of Internet addiction as a risk factor for cyberbullying should not be underestimated, the amount of time spent online cannot be seen as the source of the problem. The study leads to the conclusion that effective interventions targeting cyberbullying should focus on the development of more adaptive styles of coping with emotions.

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The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control on Cyberbully/Victim Status in Adolescents

Cited by 11 publications

References 64 publications

Stand by me or not? Academic context-related and individual contributors to university students’ intended reaction to cyberbullying.

Stand by me or not? Academic context-related and individual contributors to university students’ intended reaction to cyberbullying.

Nutritional Behaviors, Health Literacy, and Health Locus of Control of Secondary Schoolers in Southern Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study

Psycho-Social Correlates of Cyberbullying among Polish Adolescents

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