The Effect of Low Self-control on Cyber-bullying Among College Students: Interaction Effect of Opportunity Factors

• In Event: Cybercrime and Theory Testing

Abstract

Bullying in the cyberspace has been an increasing social problem. In 2007, Megan, 13 year old who was cyber-bullied on the SNS, committed suicide. Bully-assaulter was the mother of Megan’s friend who had fallen out with Megan. Most of the cyber-bullying research has focused on juveniles. Like the above example, however, adults also engage in cyber-bullying behavior. Considering the lack of research on the adult sample, current study would like to examine college students’ cyber-bullying behavior.
Based on Hirsch’s theory, we examine the effect of low self-control on cyber-bullying behavior among college students. In addition, this study checks whether there is interaction effect of opportunity factors in the above theoretical relationship. For this study, we collected data from a university located in Suwon, South Korea.

Authors

• Yoo Jung Cha, Kyonggi University

• Myeong-Gi Hong, Kyonggi University

• Sujin Shim, kyonggi university

• Hyunseok Jang, Kyonggi University