The Relationships among Narcissism, Empathy, Moral Disengagement, and Cyberbullying of College Students

• Main Authors: Chao, Yi-Yin, 趙翊吟
• Other Authors: Liu, Yih-Lan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24707658479785116805

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 教育研究所 === 104 === The main purposes of this study were to: 1) explore the phenomena of cyberbullying among college students; 2) analyze the differences on narcissism, empathy, moral disengagement and cyberbullying between male and female students who displayed the tendency of cyberbullying, and between students who had never cyberbullied and who had cyberbullied; and 3) investigate the path model of the relationship among narcissism, empathy, moral disengagement, and cyberbullying for students who had a cyberbullying tendency, and examine whether this path model might vary due to gender and methods of data collection (online or paper-based questionnaires). Participants were 473 students from different colleges in Taiwan. The instruments used in this study include 16-item Narcissism Personality Instrument (NPI-16), Empathy Scale, Moral Disengagement Scale and Cyberbullying Scale. Univariate Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), Pearson product-moment correlation and Structural Equation Modeling were used to analyze the data. The main findings of the study were as follows: 1. Three hundreds and sixty-six college students had participated in cyberbullying at least one time, and the proportion was up to 77%. Among these students, male, sophomore, and students who filled out questionnaires online occupied the highest proportion. 2. Male who had a cyberbullying tendency scored higher in narcissism, moral disengagement, and cyberbullying than female, but there was no difference in empathy. 3. Students who had a cyberbullying tendency and who filled out online questionnaires scored higher in narcissism, moral disengagement, and cyberbullying than ones who filled out paper-questionnaires, but they did not differ in empathy. 4. The proposed mediation model was supported. There was a direct effect from narcissism to cyberbullying, and an indirect effect from narcissism to cyberbullying through empathy and moral disengagement for students who had a cyberbullying tendency. 5. The path model did not vary according to gender, but the proposed mediation model was not supported. Narcissism and moral disengagement positively predicted cyberbullying, but empathy did not predict moral disengagement as well as cyberbullying. 6. The path model did not vary according to methods of data collection. Narcissism and moral disengagement positively predicted cyberbullying. but empathy did not predict cyberbullying. There was a direct effect from narcissism to cyberbullying, and an indirect effect from narcissism to cyberbullying through empathy and moral disengagement for students who had a cyberbullying tendency.