Affective and cognitive empathy as mediators of gender differences in cyber and traditional bullying

By Çigdem Topçu, Özgür Erdur-Baker. 2012

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Gender differences in bullying behavior among adolescents have been observed, but the reasons for the discrepancy in males’ and females’ bullying experiences has been the focus of few studies. This study examined the role of the cognitive and affective empathy in explaining gender differences in bullying through multiple mediation analysis. The participants of the study were 795 Turkish adolescents (455 females, 340 males) ranging in age from 13- to 18-years-old. The Revised Cyber Bullying Inventory, Traditional Bullying Questionnaire and Basic Empathy Scale were utilized to gather data from participants. Findings revealed that the total effect of cognitive and affective empathy mediated the gender differences in traditional bullying in addition to the unique effect of affective empathy. However, only the combined effect of affective and cognitive empathy mediated the gender differences in cyberbullying. The findings are discussed in the light of the related literature and implications for practice.

Subfields: Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Cyberbullying among youth: A comprehensive review of current international research and its implications and application to policy and practice (2013, background): “…2011, 2012a, 2012b; Collier, 2012; de Santo & Costabile, 2012; Donlin, 2012; Grigg, 2010; Jackson et al., 2009a; Jäger, Amado, Matos, & Pessoa, 2010; Marczak & Coyne, 2010; Patchin & Hinduja, 2011; Perren et al., 2012; Sakellariou et al., 2012; Tangen & Campbell, 2010; Topçu & Erdur-Baker, 2012).”
Cyberbullying among University Students: Gendered Experiences, Impacts, and Perspectives (2014, methodology): “The affective and cognitive deficits perspective has been used to explain boys’ involvement [36].”
Do cyberbullies suffer too? Cyberbullies’ perceptions of the harm they cause to others and to their own mental health (2013, background): “…school psychology, SDQ, victims of bullying Bullying is a persistent and long standing problem in most countries in the world at all educational levels (Kowalski, Morgan, & Limber, 2012; Rios-Ellis, Bellamy, & Shoji, 2000; Smith et al., 2008; Topcu & Erdur-Baker, 2012; von Marees & Peterman, 2012).”
Cyberbullying involvement among students with ADHD: relation to loneliness, self-efficacy and social support (2015, background): “However, the majorities of studies have reported that boys cyberbully more than girls in cyber and traditional bullying (Smith et al. 2008; Topcu and Erdur-Baker 2012), while other studies found no significant associations between cyberbullying and gender (Didden et al. 2009).”