Introduction

Victimization not only causes psychological distress among adolescents but makes them become perpetrators. The mediating and moderating mechanism underlying the relations between victimization and cyberbullying remains largely unknown. Furthermore, whether the effects of online and offline victimization on cyberbullying have the same mechanisms remains uncertain.

Methodology

Using a sample of 607 adolescents aged from 13 to 18 years, this study investigated a moderated mediation model in which depression mediated the relation between online and offline victimization and cyberbullying. Additionally, the study examines whether self-control moderates the direct and indirect relations between victimization and cyberbullying that operates through depression.

Findings

Online and offline victimization positively associated with depression, which, in turn, predicted higher possibilities of cyberbullying perpetration. Self-control moderated the relations between online victimization as well as offline victimization and depression, while the relation between depression and cyberbullying was not moderated by self-control.

Conclusion

The moderated mediation model developed in this study functioned for both online and offline victimization. The practical implications of this study are discussed.

中文翻译：

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受害是否可以预测网络欺凌行为？检查抑郁作为中介和自我控制作为调节

介绍

受害不仅会给青少年带来心理困扰，还会使他们成为施害者。受害与网络欺凌之间关系的中介和调节机制在很大程度上仍然未知。此外，在线和离线受害对网络欺凌的影响是否具有相同的机制仍不确定。

方法

本研究使用 607 名 13 至 18 岁青少年的样本，调查了一个有调节的中介模型，其中抑郁调节了在线和离线受害与网络欺凌之间的关系。此外，该研究还考察了自我控制是否会调节受害与通过抑郁症起作用的网络欺凌之间的直接和间接关系。

发现

在线和离线受害与抑郁症呈正相关，这反过来又预测了网络欺凌行为的更高可能性。自我控制调节了在线受害以及线下受害与抑郁之间的关系，而抑郁与网络欺凌之间的关系不受自我控制的调节。

结论

本研究中开发的调解调解模型适用于在线和离线受害。讨论了这项研究的实际意义。