In order to understand the influence of adolescents' core self-evaluation on cyberbullying behavior, explore the mediating role of loneliness, and provide theoretical basis for the intervention measures to prevent cyberbullying behavior. In this study, the revised core self-assessment Scale, loneliness scale and cyberbullying behavior were used as 5-point scores to conduct a cluster sampling survey on 3218 senior high school students in 3 middle schools in Dongguan City. Statistical software such as SPSS27.0 was used to investigate the relationship between cyberbullying behavior, core self-evaluation and loneliness. The results showed that there was a significant negative correlation between core self-evaluation and cyberbullying behavior (p < 0.001), a significant negative correlation between loneliness and cyberbullying behavior (p < 0.001), and a significant positive correlation between loneliness and cyberbullying behavior (p < 0.001). Loneliness had an intermediary effect between core self-evaluation and cyberbullying behavior. The mediating effect accounted for 64.2% of the total effect, and when loneliness was included as the mediating effect, the prediction effect of core self-evaluation on cyberbullying behavior was not significant. Therefore, the influence of core self-evaluation on the behavior of cyberbullying others is mainly influenced by the mediating effect of loneliness.

Longyang Shang. The influence of adolescents' core self-evaluation on cyberbullying: The mediating role of loneliness. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 8: 26-32. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2024.050805.

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