The Relationship Between Phubbing Parents And Online Bullying:the Mediating Role Of Internalizing Problem Behaviors

The powerful and comprehensive functions of the Internet are gradually changing people’s way of life.Due to the anonymity and convenience of the Internet,as well as the impulsivity and irritability of the teenagers,the Internet bullying has evolved into a phenomenon with a high incidence in the group of junior high school students.Cyberbullying refers to individuals sending offensive words and videos to others through email,text message and We Chat and other information technology means for many times to achieve the purpose of embarrassing and hurting others.In recent years,studies have shown that parents’ phubbing group exerts a subtle influence on teenagers’ Internet use,and internalization,as a common psychological problem,is closely related to online bullying,which indicates that internalization may also have an impact on online bullying.In this study,1015 junior high school students from Hunan province were selected as subjects,and the questionnaire of online bullying,phubbing group scale,and strengths and difficulties questionnaire were used to investigate.The effective rate of the questionnaire was98.88%.The author hopes to explore the relationship between phubbing group and teenagers’ online bullying,as well as the mediating role of internalization of teenagers in the former two.The results are as follows:(1)There are significant gender differences in adolescent internalization.(2)The phubbing parents significantly positively predicted the online bullying and online bullying of teenagers.(3)Phubbing parents significantly positively predicted internalization problems in adolescents.(4)The internalization of adolescents significantly and positively predicted network bullying and network bullying.(5)Internalization of adolescents plays a part in mediating between phubbing parents and online bullying and online bullying.Conclusion and recommendation: The phenomenon of network bullying and being bullied by teenagers is common.The higher the level of phubbing parents,the more internalized the adolescents will be,and the more likely they are to be bullied or bullied online.Based on personal,family and environmental factors,the author puts forward three Suggestions: parents’ words and actions,schools and parents’ close cooperation to guideteenagers to reduce the internalization problem,and the society to strengthen the supervision of online bullying,so as to reduce the level of online bullying.