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Cross‐cultural similarities and differences in the theoretical predictors of cyberbullying perpetration: Results from a seven‐country study
Author(s) -
Barlett Christopher P.,
Seyfert Luke W.,
Simmers Matthew M.,
Hsueh Hua Chen Vivian,
Cavalcanti Jaqueline Gomes,
Krahé Barbara,
Suzuki Kanae,
Warburton Wayne A.,
Wong Randy Yee Man,
Pimentel Carlos Eduardo,
Skowronski Marika
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/ab.21923
Subject(s) - anonymity , psychology , interdependence , social psychology , china , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , perception , poison control , injury prevention , sample (material) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , computer security , sociology , medical emergency , political science , social science , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience , computer science , law
The Barlett Gentile cyberbullying model (BGCM) posits that correlated anonymity perceptions and the belief in the irrelevance of muscularity for online bullying (BIMOB) predict positive cyberbullying attitudes to predict subsequent cyberbullying perpetration. Much research has shown the BGCM to be the only published theory that differentiates traditional and cyberbullying while validly predicting cyberbullying. So far, however, the cross‐cultural ubiquity has gone understudied. Thus, 1,592 adult participants across seven countries (USA, Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, and Singapore) completed measures germane to the BGCM. Supporting the BGCM, the variables were significantly correlated for the entire sample, participants from independent cultures, and participants from interdependent cultures. However, the relationship between BIMOB and positive cyberbullying attitudes as well as the relationship between positive cyberbullying attitudes and cyberbullying perpetration were stronger for independent cultures. These results suggest that the BGCM postulates are mostly universal, but several relations appear to be culturally different. Theoretical implications are discussed.