Bağımsız Benlik Anlamladırması, Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rollerine dair Yönelimler ve Siberzorbalık / Siberzorbalığa Maruz Kalma Arasındaki İlişkiler: Kuzey Kıbrıs’tan bir Üniversite Öğrencisi Örneklemine İlişkin Bulgular

Yıl 2014, Cilt: 18 Sayı: 42, 29 - 47, 01.06.2014

Fatih Bayraktar Lenka Dedkova Hana Machackova

Öz

Bu araştırmanın temel amacı bir grup üniversite öğrencisinde bağımsız benlik anlamlandırması, kadınsılıkerkeksilik ve siberzorbalık-siberzorbalığa maruz kalma arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesidir. Araştırmaya üç farklı Kuzey Kıbrıs üniversitesinde öğrenim gören ve yaşları 19 ile 35 arasında değişen Ort.= 24.25, S=2.51 toplam 393 öğrenci %56.2 kadın, %44.8 erkek katılmıştır. Örneklem farklı etnik ve kültürel kökenlerden gelen öğrencilerden oluşmuştur. Görgül kanıtları ve Masten’in 2001 risk ve dayanıklılığa ilişkin dolaylı ilişki/etkileşim modellerini takip ederek, bağımsız benlik anlamlandırmasının, kadınsılıkerkeksilik ve siberzorbalık-siberzorbalığa maruz kalma arasında aracı ve düzenleyici değişken olarak rol alacağı düşünülmüştür. Daha spesifik biçimde belirtmek gerekirse, bağımsız benlik anlamlandırması koruyucu bir etmen, siberzorbalık ve siberzorbalığa maruz kalma durumlarında ise hem kadınsılık hem de erkeksilik birer risk etmeni olarak tanımlanmıştır. Bulgular hipotezimizi kısmen desteklemiştir. Önerilen aracı ve düzenleyici roller, siberzorbalık ve erkeksiliğin yer aldığı modeller için anlamlı sonuçlar ortaya çıkarmamıştır. Ancak bağımsız benlik anlamlandırmasına yönelik eğilimlerin kadınsılıkla siberzorbalığa maruz kalma arasında hem aracı hem de düzenleyici değişken olarak yer aldığı belirlenmiştir. Diğer bir deyişle bağımsız benlik anlamlandırmasının, bireylerin bir risk etmeni olarak kadınsı özellikler gösterdiği durumlarda siberzorbalığa karşı koruyucu bir etmen olduğu bulunmuştur. Araştırma bulgularının özellikle siberzorbalığa maruz kalan duyarlı popülasyonlarla çalışan uygulamacılara yol gösterici olabileceği düşünülmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

Benlik anlamlandırması, Kadınsılık, Erkeksilik, Siberzorbalık, Siberzorbalığa maruz kalma, Beliren yetişkinlik

Associations Between Independent Self-Construal, Gender-Role Orientation, and Cyberbullying / Cybervictimization: Findings from a University Student Sample in North Cyprus

Öz

The major aim of this study was to test the associations among independent self-contrual, femininitymasculinity and cyberbullying/cybervictimization among a university student sample. Atotal of 393 participants 56.2% females, 44.8% males between the ages of 19 and 35 M= 24.25, SD =2.51 were enrolled in three North Cyprus universities. The sample included the students from various national and cultural backgrounds. Following the empirical evidence and indirect/interaction models of risk and resilience proposed by Masten 2001 , we hypothesized that independent self-construal would mediate and moderate the association between femininity-masculinity and cyberbullying / cybervictimization. Specifically, independent self-construal was operationalized as a protective factor and femininitymasculinity dimensions were defined as risk factors when cyberbullying and cybervictimization was into account. The findings partly supported our hypotheses. The proposed mediator and moderator roles were not significant for the models which included masculinity and cyberbullying. However, the results revealed that higher independent self-construal orientation mediated and moderated significantly between femininity and cybervictimization. In other words, independent self-construal has been found as a protective factor against cybervictimization when the participants had feminine tendencies as a risk factor. The findings might have implications especially for practitioners who are working with vulnerable populations like victims of cyberbullying

Anahtar Kelimeler

Self-construal, Femininity, Masculinity, Cyberbullying, Cybervictimization, Emerging adulthood

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