@article{ref1,
title="The association between childhood trauma and adolescent cyberbullying: chain mediating roles of emotional intelligence and online social anxiety",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2023",
author="Cao, Guanghai and Wei, Xinyu and Liu, Juan and Li, Xianyin",
volume="14",
number="",
pages="e1184382-e1184382",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study explored the impact of childhood trauma on adolescent cyberbullying and the mediating roles of emotional intelligence and online social anxiety between them. <br><br>METHODS: The Childhood Trauma Scale, Emotional Intelligence Scale, and Chinese Brief Version of the Social Media User Social Anxiety Scale and Cyber Bullying Scale were used to assess 1,046 adolescents [boys: 297, girls: 749, average age = 15.79 years] from four schools in Shandong Province, China. SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0 were used for statistical analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: (1) Childhood trauma was positively associated with adolescents' cyberbullying; (2) Emotional intelligence and online social anxiety played partial mediating roles in the relationship between childhood trauma and cyberbullying; (3) Emotional intelligence and online social anxiety played a chain mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and cyberbullying. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study reveals the relationship and mediating mechanisms between childhood trauma and cyberbullying. It provides implications for the theory and prevention of cyberbullying.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1184382",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1184382"
}