{"title":"Relationship Between Cyberbullying, Positive Mental Health, Stress Symptoms and Teachers' Cybercompetence","authors":"J. Brailovskaia, Stephanie L. Diez, J. Margraf","doi":"10.1080/15388220.2023.2249824","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present study investigated how teachers’ cyberbullying experiences are associated with their mental health. Data of 372 school teachers in Germany were assessed via online surveys. Overall, 91.1% of the teachers reported that cyberbullying is an issue at their school, and 69.9% wanted more training in how to manage cyberbullying. In a moderated mediation analysis, the positive association between cyberbullying experience and stress symptoms was mediated negatively by positive mental health (PMH), i.e., the higher the cyberbullying experience, the lower the PMH and the higher the stress symptoms. Teachers’ cybercompetence in managing cyberbullying moderated the link between PMH and stress symptoms. Specifically, the higher the cybercompetence, the weaker their association. Therefore, among persons with high cybercompetence the decrease of PMH caused by cyberbullying experience could contribute to a lesser increase in stress symptoms. Teachers’ training in managing cyberbullying is discussed as an approach to protect teachers’ and students’ mental health.","PeriodicalId":47428,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Violence","volume":"22 1","pages":"569 - 580"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of School Violence","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2023.2249824","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT The present study investigated how teachers’ cyberbullying experiences are associated with their mental health. Data of 372 school teachers in Germany were assessed via online surveys. Overall, 91.1% of the teachers reported that cyberbullying is an issue at their school, and 69.9% wanted more training in how to manage cyberbullying. In a moderated mediation analysis, the positive association between cyberbullying experience and stress symptoms was mediated negatively by positive mental health (PMH), i.e., the higher the cyberbullying experience, the lower the PMH and the higher the stress symptoms. Teachers’ cybercompetence in managing cyberbullying moderated the link between PMH and stress symptoms. Specifically, the higher the cybercompetence, the weaker their association. Therefore, among persons with high cybercompetence the decrease of PMH caused by cyberbullying experience could contribute to a lesser increase in stress symptoms. Teachers’ training in managing cyberbullying is discussed as an approach to protect teachers’ and students’ mental health.
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The Journal of School Violence is a multi-disciplinary, quarterly journal that publishes peer-reviewed empirical studies related to school violence and victimization. Accepting a variety of social science methodologies, this international journal explores the broad range of contemporary issues centering on violence in the school environment. These issues often include, but are not limited to, the nature, extent, prevention, and consequences of school violence for students, teachers, and staff of all manner of educational systems.