F. I. García-Vázquez, A. Valdés-Cuervo, María Dolores León-Parada, L. Parra-Pérez
{"title":"Restorative Parental Discipline and Types of Defending Bystander Intervention in Cyberbullying: The Mediate Role of Justice Sensitivity.","authors":"F. I. García-Vázquez, A. Valdés-Cuervo, María Dolores León-Parada, L. Parra-Pérez","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0445","url":null,"abstract":"Parental socialization strategies are critical in explaining adolescents' online behavior. This study examined the relationships between parental restorative discipline, observed justice sensitivity, and cyber-bystander defender intervention (constructive and aggressive) in cyberbullying. The sample comprised 900 Mexican adolescents (40.2% male and 58.8% female), of which 450 were from secondary school (M age = 13.6, SD = 0.8) and 450 were from high school (M age = 15.4, SD = 1.3). Structural equation modeling with latent variables was performed. Overall, the results indicate that parental restorative discipline positively relates to the observer's justice sensitivity and the adoption of constructive interventions by cyber-bystander defenders. However, restorative discipline had no significant direct relationship with aggressive intervention. Observers' justice sensitivity mediates the association between restorative parenting discipline and aggressive or constructive defender interventions. Gender does not moderate the relationship proposed in the structural model. These findings suggest that parental restorative discipline explains constructive and aggressive cyber-bystander defender interventions in cyberbullying.","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140741960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Marengo, Francesco Quilghini, Giulia Ricci, Michele Settanni
{"title":"Instagram Stories Unveiled: Exploring Links with Psychological Distress, Personality, and Gender.","authors":"Davide Marengo, Francesco Quilghini, Giulia Ricci, Michele Settanni","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0316","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Instagram is one of the most used platforms, and ephemeral stories are proving to be the most used medium for users to share content on the platform. However, there have been few studies examining this type of content in relation to emotional well-being. This study examined the association between the number of published Instagram stories, psychological well-being, personality traits, and gender in a sample of 734 Instagram users from Italy, including 281 men and 453 women, with a mean age of 25.19 years (<i>SD</i> = 7.08). Participants were recruited online and asked to complete an online questionnaire. Differences were found between genders in terms of time spent on Instagram, but not in terms of the number of stories posted in the past week. In the overall sample, a small positive correlation was found between the number of Instagram stories posted and extraversion. When considering gender differences, small effect sizes were observed for emotional dysregulation, agreeableness, and neuroticism, indicating a stronger association with Instagram stories in the female group, and for openness, indicating a stronger association in the male group. Results of multiple regression analyses suggest that among females, psychological variables, including personality and emotional distress, may have a stronger association with Instagram stories. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report these differences. The findings help to clarify how certain characteristics of social media platforms relate to psychological well-being and personality differently in men and women in their journey to using social media.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139971296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nostalgia as Self-Care: Embracing the Kidult Culture.","authors":"Brenda K Wiederhold","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.29308.editorial","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.29308.editorial","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139740667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Pizzoli, Elisa Rabarbari, Elisa Scerrati, G. Riva
{"title":"Enhancing Emotion Regulation Through Arousal Modulation with Modal and Amodal Virtual Food Representations.","authors":"S. Pizzoli, Elisa Rabarbari, Elisa Scerrati, G. Riva","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.92201.ceu","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.92201.ceu","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140778954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ainara Díaz-Geada, Lucía Moure-Rodríguez, Narmeen Mallah, Montserrat Corral, María Lydia Platas Ferreiro, Francisco Caamaño-Isorna
{"title":"Nomophobia and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Consumption in Adolescents in Galicia.","authors":"Ainara Díaz-Geada, Lucía Moure-Rodríguez, Narmeen Mallah, Montserrat Corral, María Lydia Platas Ferreiro, Francisco Caamaño-Isorna","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0408","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0408","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed at exploring the association of nomophobia with alcohol, tobacco, and/or cannabis consumption among high school students. We carried out a cross-sectional study among high school and vocational training students in Galicia, Northwest Spain (<i>N</i> = 3,100). Collected data included nomophobia, sociodemographic variables, and alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis consumption. Nomophobia was measured using the validated Nomophobia Questionnaire. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and their 95 percent confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using generalized linear mixed models. More than a quarter of the adolescents (27.7 percent) had nomophobia. We found an association between nomophobia and a high level of tobacco smoking in the last month in boys (OR = 2.16; 95 percent CI: 1.55-3.03). Nomophobia was also associated with higher odds of binge drinking in both genders (girls: OR = 1.86; 95 percent CI: 1.61-3.52; boys: OR = 2.29; 95 percent CI: 1.68-3.13) and with cannabis consumption in boys (OR = 1.74; 95 percent CI: 1.07-2.81). Our findings highlight the importance of a comprehensive investigation of the factors underlying alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis consumption in the adolescent population.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139912296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sergio C Torres, Desirée I Gracia Laso, Maria Eleonora Minissi, Luna Maddalon, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Mariano Alcañiz
{"title":"Social Signal Processing in Affective Virtual Reality: Human-Shaped Agents Increase Electrodermal Activity in an Elicited Negative Environment.","authors":"Sergio C Torres, Desirée I Gracia Laso, Maria Eleonora Minissi, Luna Maddalon, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Mariano Alcañiz","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0273","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior research on affect elicitation indicates that stimuli with social content (pictures or videos) are more arousing than nonsocial stimuli. In particular, they elicit stronger physiological arousal as measured by electrodermal activity (EDA; i.e., social EDA effect). However, it is unclear how this effect applies to virtual reality (VR), which enables an enhanced sense of presence (SoP) and ecological validity. The study here approached this question from a social-emotional VR framework. A sample of <i>N</i> = 72 participants (55 percent women) experienced a set of six virtual environments (VEs) in the form of emotional parks specifically designed to elicit positive, negative, or neutral affectivity. Half of these VEs included human-shaped agents (social context) and the other half omitted these agents (nonsocial context). The results supported the social EDA effect, which in addition was amplified by the reported SoP. Importantly, the VE featuring a social negative content qualified this observed social EDA effect. The finding is discussed in the light of a negativity bias reported in affect literature, through which negative stimuli typically mobilize attention and bodily activation as a mechanism linked to stress responses. The study's implications extend to the use of VR in both research and practical applications, emphasizing the role of social content in influencing affective and physiological responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139939779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use and Interest in Virtual Reality for Mental and Physical Health in a U.S. Population-Based Sample of Low-Income Veterans.","authors":"Jack Tsai","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0091","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Virtual reality (VR) represents a new way to deliver health interventions, but research is needed on experience and interest in using VR for health among important subgroups in the United States. This descriptive study examined these issues among low-income veterans in the United States. Data were analyzed from a nationally representative sample of 1,028 low-income veterans surveyed in late 2022-early 2023. The results showed that while only 10 percent of the sample had ever used a VR headset, 35 percent of veterans reported they would be \"somewhat/very willing\" to use VR for mental health or substance use problems. Veterans with higher levels of education (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07-1.47), lower mental health functioning (aOR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.94-0.98), and previous VR experience (aOR = 5.30, 95% CI = 2.96-9.48) were significantly more willing to use VR to treat their mental health or substance use problems. These findings suggest many veterans are willing to use VR to improve their mental health, and they could benefit from greater exposure and education about VR-based interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139740669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Stress Vaccine? How Technology Can Increase Resilience.","authors":"Brenda Wiederhold","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.92202.editorial","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.92202.editorial","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140770155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chang Lu, Bo Hu, Meng-Meng Bao, Chi Wang, Chao Bi, Xing-Da Ju
{"title":"Can Media Literacy Intervention Improve Fake News Credibility Assessment? A Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Chang Lu, Bo Hu, Meng-Meng Bao, Chi Wang, Chao Bi, Xing-Da Ju","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0324","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0324","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fake news impacts individuals' behavior and decision-making while also disrupting political processes, perceptions of medical advice, and societal trends. Improving individuals' ability to accurately assess fake news can reduce its harmful effects. However, previous research on media literacy interventions designed for improving fake news credibility assessments has yielded inconsistent results. We systematically collected 33 independent studies and performed a meta-analysis to examine the effects of media literacy interventions on assessing fake news credibility (<i>n</i> = 36,256). The results showed that media literacy interventions significantly improved fake news credibility assessments (Hedges' <i>g</i> = 0.53, 95% confidence interval [0.29-0.78], <i>p</i> < 0.001). Gaming interventions were the most effective intervention form. Conversely, the intervention channel, outcome measurement, and subject characteristics (age, gender, and country development level) did not influence the intervention effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140130962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parental Phubbing and Adolescent Smartphone Addiction: Depression and Perceived School Climate Matter.","authors":"Yuan Tang, Jingyi Xu, Yunxin Zhao, Toshanna Davis, Hui Zhang","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0300","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2023.0300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the association between parental phubbing and adolescents' smartphone addiction, the mediating role of depression, and the moderating role of perceived school climate in the association. Seven hundred forty-two Chinese adolescents (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 12.97, <i>SD</i> = 0.64, 45.55 percent female) were recruited and self-reported questionnaires were administered. Results indicated that parental phubbing was positively associated with adolescents' smartphone addiction. Depression partially mediated the above relation. Further, perceived school climate moderated the relation between parental phubbing and depression, such that the positive association between parental phubbing and depression was stronger among adolescents who perceived their school climate as more negative (vs. positive). The findings deepened our understanding of the relation between parenting behaviors and adolescents' smartphone addiction and implications for interventions and practices were discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139971297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}