Are parents aware of the danger of cyberbullying? Cross-sectional investigation of the relationship between parents' cyberbullying awareness and digital parent self-efficacy
Journal of Pediatric Nursing, cilt.84, ss.30-38, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 84
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.pedn.2025.05.006
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Pediatric Nursing
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ASSIA, CINAHL, MEDLINE, DIALNET
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.30-38
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Awareness, Cyberbullying, Digital parenting, Parent, Self-efficacy, Türkiye
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the variables that affect parents' cyberbullying awareness and digital parenting self-efficacy levels. Methods: This study was conducted with parents (n = 9405) in Türkiye. Data were collected with the parent data collection form, the Parental Awareness and Supervision in Cyberbullying Prevention Scale (PASS-PC), and the Digital Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale (DPSES). A t-test, One-Way ANOVA, Pearson Correlation test and a simple linear regression test were used to analyses the data. The significance level was accepted as p < .05. Results: It was determined that parents with high income levels, female, 30–35 years of age, living in the urban, with a daily internet usage time of 5.1 h or more, a daily internet and social media usage time of their child between 0 and 1 h, having one child, and monitoring their child's posts on social media accounts had higher scores on the PASS-PC and DPSES scales. A positive and moderately significant relationship was found between parental awareness in preventing cyberbullying and digital parenting self-efficacy. The level of parental awareness and control of parents in preventing cyberbullying explains 26 % of the change in the digital parenting self-efficacy level. Conclusion: It was determined that parents with high digital parenting self-efficacy had high levels of cyberbullying awareness and control, and that the sociodemographic characteristics of parents also affected these levels. Practice implications: Supporting parents' digital parenting skills will contribute to the prevention of cyberbullying in children and adolescents by increasing parental awareness and control.