Yu Wu, Youling Bai, Xin Liu, Wenshuang Xu, Yanling Liu
{"title":"Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Short-Form Video Addiction and Adolescent Depression: The Mediating Role of Attentional Bias.","authors":"Yu Wu, Youling Bai, Xin Liu, Wenshuang Xu, Yanling Liu","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0442","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0442","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies have shown that short-form video addiction (SVA) is a significant predictor of adolescent depression. However, little is known about the mediating mechanisms. Guided by the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution model, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between SVA and depression among Chinese adolescents and to examine the mediating role of attentional bias toward positive information (API) and negative information (ANI), including potential gender differences. A total of 4750 Chinese adolescents (<i>M<sub>age</sub></i> = 16.01, <i>SD</i> = 0.76, 62.15 percent male) completed self-reported scales for SVA, API, ANI, and depression. The structural equation modeling results indicated that both API and ANI mediated the relationship between SVA and depression. Moreover, multigroup analyses revealed that the mediating effect of ANI was significantly stronger in female than in male adolescents. These findings enhance our understanding of the relationship between SVA and depression in adolescents and suggest that developing gender-specific interventions could mitigate the detrimental effects of SVA on depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"169-177"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142945996","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":"Alone Together: The Paradox of Digital Connection and Social Isolation.","authors":"Brenda K Wiederhold","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2025.0034","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2025.0034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"144-146"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143398572","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}
Sajjad Basharpoor, Samaneh Noori, Somayeh Daneshvar, Laura Jobson
{"title":"Dark Triad Personality Traits and Cyberbullying: The Mediating Role of Emotional Empathy.","authors":"Sajjad Basharpoor, Samaneh Noori, Somayeh Daneshvar, Laura Jobson","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0302","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nowadays, with the widespread use of the Internet, cyberbullying has become a pervasive threat to people. This study aimed to create a structural model of cyberbullying based on dark personality traits, with empathy as a mediating factor among students. A total of 360 students of the Mohaghegh Ardabili University were included using the multistage random sampling method. Data were collected using the Cyber-Bullying/Victimization Experiences Questionnaire, Dark Triad Personality Scale, and Questionnaire Measure of Emotional Empathy. Collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test and structural equation modeling in SPSS and AMOS 24. The direct route of Machiavellianism and psychopathy was positively significant for cyberbullying and negatively significant for empathy. Empathy also has a direct negative effect on cyberbullying. Furthermore, there was an indirect effect of Machiavellianism and psychopathy on cyberbullying through empathy. Dark personality traits including Machiavellianism and psychopathy are significant risk factors for cyberbullying, with these traits indirectly contributing to cyberbullying through empathy deficits.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"187-195"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142885238","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 Silent Struggle: Moral Injury Among Health Care Workers.","authors":"Brenda K Wiederhold","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2025.0033","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2025.0033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"141-143"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397835","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}
Henar Guillen-Sanz, Ines Miguel-Alonso, Bruno Rodriguez-Garcia, Giuseppe Riva
{"title":"Virtual Echoes: Enhancing Empathy Through the Experience of Others' Physiology in Emotional Virtual Scenarios.","authors":"Henar Guillen-Sanz, Ines Miguel-Alonso, Bruno Rodriguez-Garcia, Giuseppe Riva","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2025.0009","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2025.0009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"217-219"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143413676","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":"Social Capital in Online Gaming Communities: A Systematic Review Examining the Role of Virtual Identities.","authors":"Tushya Sachan, Dinesh Chhabra, Betina Abraham","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0375","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0375","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growth of online video-game players has seen a parallel growth in online gaming communities. Membership in these communities has been well known to play a vital role in shaping social connections and fostering social capital. This systematic review explored the role of interacting virtual identities in shaping the relationship between membership in gaming communities and social capital as an outcome. Online databases of Scopus, APA PsycNet, Web of Science, the Digital Game Research Association Digital Library, and the Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library were screened (January 1, 2000-October 23, 2023). From an initial pool of 5,720 studies, 33 were finalized for inclusion after quality assessment. Results highlight that interacting identities affect players' experiences of social support and social capital. The extent to which positive social interactions were experienced and social capital was accumulated depended on (a) the number of interacting salient identities and (b) the degree to which salient identities were marginalized in the respective gaming community. Prevalent identities in different social contexts (the non-virtual world, online gaming communities, and specific virtual worlds) and how their interactions affect social capital have been discussed. This study contributes to theory by demonstrating how intersecting identities influence social capital dynamics in virtual spaces. It also offers insights for community managers on creating inclusive environments that enhance positive social experiences and social capital accumulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"147-161"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142946003","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":"Generations X, Y, Z: The Moderating Role of Self-Reliance in Relationships Between Loneliness, Social Media Addiction, and Life Satisfaction in Men.","authors":"Sabina Lissitsa, Maya Kagan","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0216","DOIUrl":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In today's sociocultural milieu, characterized by pervasive social media and evolving conceptions of masculinity, this study examines the interplay among loneliness, social media addiction, self-reliance, and life satisfaction across Generations (Gen) X, Y, and Z. Employing a comprehensive model, the study explores social media addiction as a mediator between loneliness and life satisfaction, with a focus on the moderating role of the pivotal masculine trait of self-reliance in the loneliness-social media addiction relationship. Based on an online survey of 775 Israeli men aged 18-58, the findings reveal unique generational patterns. For Gen X, social media addiction negatively correlates with life satisfaction, without mediation or moderation effects. In Gen Y, loneliness is directly associated with life satisfaction, and a positive correlation exists between loneliness and social media addiction. Notably, self-reliance moderates the link between loneliness and social media addiction, amplifying this association at lower self-reliance levels. Gen Z replicates the Gen Y findings albeit without the moderation effect. This study contributes nuanced insights into the literature on masculinity, revealing the evolving nature of self-reliance-a crucial masculine trait-across generations. Such evolution, in turn, is associated with responses to loneliness and patterns of engagement with social media.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":"178-186"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142977935","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":"Generative Artificial Intelligence and Misinformation Acceptance: An Experimental Test of the Effect of Forewarning About Artificial Intelligence Hallucination.","authors":"Yoori Hwang, Se-Hoon Jeong","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.0407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools could create statements that are seemingly plausible but factually incorrect. This is referred to as AI hallucination, which can contribute to the generation and dissemination of misinformation. Thus, the present study examines whether forewarning about AI hallucination could reduce individuals' acceptance of AI-generated misinformation. An online experiment with 208 Korean adults demonstrated that AI hallucination forewarning reduced misinformation acceptance (<i>p</i> = 0.001, Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.45) while forewarning did not reduce acceptance of true information (<i>p</i> = 0.91). In addition, the effect of AI hallucination forewarning on misinformation acceptance was moderated by preference for effortful thinking (<i>p</i> < 0.01) such that forewarning decreased misinformation acceptance when preference for effortful thinking was high (vs. low).</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482470","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}
Jao-Yue Carminati, Joshua F Wiley, Jennie Ponsford, Kate Rachel Gould
{"title":"The Perfect Storm of Cyberscam Risk: Examining Personal, Injury, and Psychosocial Risk Factors for People With and Without Acquired Brain Injury.","authors":"Jao-Yue Carminati, Joshua F Wiley, Jennie Ponsford, Kate Rachel Gould","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.0435","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cyberscams are a pervasive global issue with losses exceeding $1 trillion worldwide and resulting in significant psychosocial impacts, particularly shame. People with disabilities, such as acquired brain injury (ABI), may be additionally vulnerable due to cognitive impairments and social isolation. Increased scam vulnerability and risk factors for people with ABI have not been investigated. This study aimed to (a) determine whether people with ABI have greater risk of being scammed than people without ABI, and (b) explore demographic and psychosocial factors associated with cyberscam risk for people with and without ABI. Using a cross-sectional design, participants with (<i>n</i> = 149) and without (<i>n</i> = 153) ABI provided scam experience details and completed a validated measure of self-rated cybersafety and practical scam identification (<i>The CyberAbility Scale</i>) and measures of psychosocial risks of loneliness, impulsivity, mood, trust, and community integration. Correlation analyses showed that participants with ABI performed worse on a scam identification task than those without ABI. As expected, higher self-rated scam safety was associated with lower loneliness, impulsivity, and fewer mood symptoms, and higher trust and community integration. In multiple regression analyses, higher loneliness was most significantly associated with higher self-rated cyberscam risk, and older age and presence of ABI were associated with poorer scam identification. This study illustrates the multifaceted nature of cyberscam risk, involving distinct social and knowledge-based risks. Findings underscore the need for scam prevention and recovery initiatives targeting at-risk groups and considering the needs of people with ABI in staying safe online.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143398592","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":"A Looking Glass into a Research Wonderland: Decades of Virtual Reality Scholarship Explicated Via Natural Language Processing.","authors":"David M Markowitz, Jeremy N Bailenson","doi":"10.1089/cyber.2024.0576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2024.0576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>How has the field of virtual reality (VR) evolved and what type of research has made an impact? We used natural language processing techniques and generative artificial intelligence to develop the most complete review of experimental social science VR research to date (1992-2024). From a collection of 21,195 abstracts written by 52,543 unique authors, 13 reliable themes emerged over time, with immersive experiences receiving the most recent attention. Interdisciplinary teams were cited more than less interdisciplinary teams, and watershed moments like mainstream industry embracing VR (i.e., Google Cardboard's release) correlated with changes in scholars' research focus. Based on such available data, we observed that more than half of all articles over the past 30 years have been published in the last 6 years. Our database-the <i>VRbalARchive</i>-is publicly available, helping scholars investigate VR's history and enhancing our theoretical understanding of the medium.</p>","PeriodicalId":10872,"journal":{"name":"Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143188580","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}