ABSTRACT This study identified the underlying psychological motives of cyberbullying among young adults in Malaysia, focusing on the victims, bullies, bully-victims and bystanders. Focus group interviews were conducted to identify cyberbullying themes, followed by self-administered surveys. There were a total of 399 respondents: bystanders (N = 194), bully-victims (N = 117), victims (N = 62) and bullies (N = 26). Findings indicate Revenge, Entertainment and Empowerment to be the main motives for cyberbullying perpetration, regardless of the roles. However, the motives were the strongest among the bully-victims. Entertainment emerged as the strongest predictor for all the cyberbullying roles, except for victim.

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马来西亚年轻人网络欺凌的心理动机

摘要 本研究确定了马来西亚年轻人网络欺凌的潜在心理动机，重点关注受害者、欺凌者、欺凌受害者和旁观者。进行焦点小组访谈以确定网络欺凌的主题，然后进行自我管理的调查。共有 399 名受访者：旁观者 (N = 194)、欺凌受害者 (N = 117)、受害者 (N = 62) 和欺凌者 (N = 26)。调查结果表明，无论角色如何，复仇、娱乐和赋权都是网络欺凌行为的主要动机。然而，在欺凌受害者中，动机最为强烈。娱乐成为所有网络欺凌角色的最强预测因素，受害者除外。