Violent or competitive? Unpacking adolescent cyber-aggressive behavior in text, video, and game context
Violence is the dominant driver of adolescent cyber-aggression, particularly when paired with high social comparison tendencies. Competitive environments, however, disproportionately trigger verbal aggression. These findings highlight the need for context-specific interventions targeting media content and individual predispositions to mitigate cyber-aggressive behavior.
Authors
- Lubin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8695-9161)
- Shaoyang Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2480-8800)
- Yanlei Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6189-0591)
- Qian Gu
Institutions
- Liaocheng University (CN)
- The Fourth People's Hospital of Zibo City (CN)
- Central Hospital of Zibo (CN)
- Yangzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1577717
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.81