ABSTRACT

The world is currently grappling with the medical, psychological, economic, and behavioral consequences of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The existing research has rightly been focused on the medical contributions – treatment, symptoms, prevalence, etc. – which are paramount. A paucity of research has tested the psychological and behavioral consequences of COVID-19. In two cross-sectional studies of US adults, we posited that personal (e.g., being diagnosed with COVID-19) and proximal (e.g., knowing people with COVID-19) experiences with COVID-19 would be related to cyberbullying perpetration due to an increase in stress. Using path modeling, results showed that (a) personal and proximal COVID-19 experiences positively correlated with cyberbullying (Studies 1 and 2) and (b) personal COVID-19 experiences were indirectly related to cyberbullying through stress, but not proximal experiences (Study 2).

摘要

世界目前正在努力应对 COVID-19 全球大流行的医学、心理、经济和行为后果。现有的研究正确地专注于医疗贡献——治疗、症状、流行等——这些都是最重要的。很少有研究测试了 COVID-19 的心理和行为后果。在对美国成年人进行的两项横断面研究中，我们假设个人（例如，被诊断出患有 COVID-19）和最近（例如，认识患有 COVID-19 的人）与 COVID-19 的经历将与网络欺凌行为有关压力增加。使用路径建模，