Parent-child communication, social norms, and the development of cyber aggression in early adolescence
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Bullo, Anna
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Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
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Schulz, Peter J.
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Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland - Department of Communications and Media, Ewha Womans Univeristy, Seoul, South Korea
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- Journal of youth and adolescence. - 2022, vol. 51, p. 1774–1786
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To understand the development of cyber aggression during adolescence, it is important to consider the temporal variability of its potential predictors. This study uses a four-wave survey to investigate how changes in peer norms, parental norms, and parental communication are associated with two-year trajectories of online peer aggression. The sample includes 1521 Swiss middle school students (Mage T1 = 11.54, SD = 0.40; 48% female). The results showed that over time a better parental communication quality and anti-aggression norms predicted lower rates and slower development of cyber aggression. Moreover, parental variables emerged as a quite stable deterrent of aggressive conduct. Although entrance into adolescence is characterized by the rise of peer influence, results from this study suggest that parents maintain an important protective role.
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Social sciences
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CC BY
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hybrid
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https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1324939
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