The effects of childhood maltreatment on cyberbullying in college students: The roles of cognitive processes

• Published in: Acta psychologica Vol. 226; p. 103588
• Main Authors: Li, Man, He, Quanxing, Zhao, Jia, Xu, Zhansheng, Yang, Haibo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anger; Anger rumination; Child; Child Abuse - psychology; Childhood maltreatment; Cognition; Cyberbullying; Cyberbullying - psychology; Hostile attribution bias; Humans; Students - psychology; Childhood maltreatment; Hostile attribution bias; Anger rumination; Cyberbullying

Previous studies suggested that childhood maltreatment was associated with cyberbullying. However, it's not clear the internal cognitive processes of how maltreatment causes cyberbullying. Therefore, the current study aims to explore the effect of childhood maltreatment on cyberbullying and the...