Effect of neglect of children and adolescents on cyberbullying victims: Verification of the mediating effect of depression

Abstract

Existing previous studies that investigated stalking perception focused on investigating specific age groups such as Cyber bullying, which has recently occurred, appears to be a more serious form than school violence, which has mainly occurred offline in the past. Cyberbullying is a serious social problem that not only children and adolescents but also adults are experiencing. In particular, in the case of cyberbullying experienced by children and adolescents, victims experience negative emotions such as frustration, anger, and sadness, leading to serious suicidal thoughts. described as a type of crime. A lot of research has been done so far to elucidate the causes of cyberbullying damage. In particular, factors such as parents' level of intervention in using cyber media are explained as factors related to cyberbullying damage. The level of parental intervention in cyber media use starts from the parents' interest in their children. Parental neglect, an independent variable used in this study, is explained as one of the types of child abuse in which parental guidance and supervision are remarkably reduced, in which parents neglect their children and neglect them. Parental neglect is difficult to detect because it has the characteristic of invisibility, unlike other types of abuse. However, there have been recent cases of child deaths due to neglect, which is a very serious abuse. In addition, children and adolescents who are not protected by their parents due to neglect can become victims of various crimes, and the depression experienced by children and adolescents as a result of neglect affects crime damage, aggression, and suicide. Therefore, in this study, the mediating effect of depression on the relationship between parental neglect and cyberbullying damage was verified in order to present an academic basis for preventing cyberbullying damage, which is currently one of the serious social problems. As a result of the study, parental neglect had a positive (+) effect on the victims of cyberbullying among children and adolescents, and depression had a positive (+) effect on cyberbullying victims and mediates the relationship between parental neglect and cyberbullying victims. Therefore, in order to prevent cyberbullying damage through the research results, methods to prevent parental neglect and specific measures to manage depression in children and adolescents were presented. Neglect measures are presented.