TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Cyberbullying victimization and adolescent drinking behavior: deviant peer affiliation as a mediator and personal growth initiative as a moderator
JO  - Frontiers in psychiatry
A1  - Chen, Pei
A1  - Xin, Mucheng
A1  - Xie, Qi
A1  - Wei, Chang
A1  - Yu, Chengfu
A1  - Gan, Xiong
A1  - Xie, Xiaodong
A1  - Zhang, Wei
SP  - e572530
EP  - e572530
VL  - 11
IS  - 
N2  - Research has demonstrated a robust positive association between cyberbullying victimization and adolescent drinking behavior; however, the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship remain largely unexplored. Grounded in the social development model and person-environment interactions model, our study explored whether deviant peer affiliation mediated the relationship between cyberbullying victimization and adolescent drinking behavior and whether this mediating effect was moderated by personal growth initiative. A sample of 1,006 adolescents (Mage = 13.16 years; SD = 0.67) anonymously completed self-report questionnaires. Structural equation modeling indicated that the positive association between cyberbullying victimization and drinking behavior was partly mediated by deviant peer affiliation for both girls and boys. Further, this mediating process was stronger for adolescents with low personal growth initiative than for those with high personal growth initiative. There were no significant gender differences for this moderating effect. These findings underline the importance of deviant peer affiliation and personal growth initiative in understanding how and when cyberbullying victimization impacts adolescent drinking behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-0640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.572530
ID  - ref1
ER  -