This study investigates whether the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) mediates the relationship between cyberbullying victimisation and parental attachment in a sample of young Italian adults (N = 328; mean age: 20 years). The aim of the study was threefold: to consider gelotophobia, cyberbullying victimisation and parental attachment, as a whole, namely to test the mediating role of gelotophobia between parental attachment and cyberbullying victimisation; to evaluate the connections among the three variables against an understudied age target, namely young adults; to verify whether the association between gelotophobia and face-to-face bullying victimisation extends to cyberbullying perpetrations. The PhoPhiKat<30> questionnaire, the Cyber-Victimization through Mobile Phone and Internet Scale (CYB-VIC) test and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) scale were used to assess the levels of gelotophobia, cyberbullying victimisation and quality of parental attachment, respectively. Two main results were obtained: (1) Gelotophobia proved to be a mediator variable between cyberbullying victimisation and father attachment and (2) gelotophobia was found to be positively associated with cyberbullying victimisation. The current research adds new evidence on how the three aforementioned variables relate to one another in a range of ages (i.e. young adulthood) and in a cultural context (i.e. the Italian context), which was poorly investigated until now. The paper concludes with a discussion on practical implications.

这项研究调查了在意大利年轻成年人的样本中，对被嘲笑的恐惧（胶凝恐惧症）是否介导了网络欺凌受害者与父母依恋之间的关系（N= 328; 平均年龄：20岁）。研究的目的是三方面的：从整体上考虑恐惧症，网络欺凌受害和父母依恋，即检验恐惧症在父母依恋和网络欺凌受害之间的中介作用；针对未充分研究的年龄目标，即年轻人，评估这三个变量之间的联系；验证恐惧症和面对面欺凌行为之间的关联是否扩展到网络欺凌行为。使用PhoPhiKat <30>问卷，通过手机和互联网进行的网络被害量表（CYB-VIC）测试以及父母和同伴依恋库存量表（IPPA）量表来评估仇视恐惧症的水平，网络欺凌受害情况和父母的质量附件。获得了两个主要结果：（1）事实证明，仇视恐怖症是网络欺凌受害者与父亲依恋之间的中介变量；（2）仇视恐惧症与网络欺凌受害者正相关。当前的研究为上述三个变量在不同年龄（即成年）和文化背景（即意大利背景）之间如何相互关联提供了新的证据。本文最后讨论了实际含义。年轻人）和文化背景（即意大利背景），直到现在，这方面的研究还很少。本文最后讨论了实际含义。年轻人）和文化背景（即意大利背景），直到现在，这方面的研究还很少。本文最后讨论了实际意义。