- Title
- The complex relationship between cyberbullying and trust
- Creator
- Pieschl, Stephanie; Porsch, Torsten
- Relation
- International Journal of Developmental Sciences Vol. 11, Issue 1-2, p. 9-17
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/DEV-160208
- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Theoretically, there are strong arguments for a relationship between cyberbullying and trust. On the one hand, trust is built on experiences; thus, experiences of malevolence such as cyberbullying might contribute to low trust. On the other hand, high trust may lead to risky online behavior such as self-disclosures that could increase the risk of cyberbullying. As first empirical evidence, we explored this relationship in two cross-sectional studies. Explorative Study 1 (N = 224) showed that negative experiences of family problems and cyber-perpetration predicted low generalized trust. Exploratory Study 2 (N = 196) showed no significant direct relationship, but trust was related to low online privacy concerns and the willingness to self-disclose online was positively related to cyber-victimization and cyber-perpetration. Thus, these studies show mixed evidence and demonstrate that the relationship between cyberbullying and trust might be more complex than assumed. Future longitudinal designs might be illuminating.
- Subject
- cyberbullying; trust; family problems; self-disclosure
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1355445
- Identifier
- uon:31464
- Identifier
- ISSN:2192-001X
- Language
- eng
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