Table 5. Results of the ordinal regressions models for the responses about the frequency of different cyberbullying behaviours.
| 1: Sending mean / indecent messages | 2: Sending mean / indecent emails | 3: Sending embarrassing photos | 4: Pretending to be someone else | 5: Revealing secrets | 6: Spreading rumors/gossip | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p |
| Gender: M | 2.35 | <0.001 | 1.47 | 0.235 | 1.32 | 0.045 | 0.80 | 0.199 | 0.88 | 0.390 | 0.93 | 0.652 |
| Age: 16–17 years (vs 14–15 years) | 1.20 | 0.216 | 0.77 | 0.454 | 0.93 | 0.614 | 0.91 | 0.577 | 0.97 | 0.815 | 1.20 | 0.273 |
| Age: 18–20 years (vs 14–15 years) | 1.36 | 0.074 | 1.36 | 0.422 | 1.14 | 0.417 | 0.91 | 0.633 | 0.93 | 0.650 | 1.00 | 0.992 |
| Agreeableness | 0.78 | <0.001 | 0.85 | 0.264 | 0.90 | 0.098 | 0.92 | 0.287 | 0.95 | 0.428 | 0.82 | 0.009 |
| Extraversion | 1.05 | 0.509 | 1.19 | 0.271 | 1.04 | 0.556 | 0.90 | 0.191 | 1.12 | 0.089 | 1.23 | 0.008 |
| Conscientiousness | 0.79 | <0.001 | 0.86 | 0.283 | 0.81 | 0.001 | 0.73 | <0.001 | 0.83 | 0.005 | 0.88 | 0.099 |
| Emotional Stability | 0.95 | 0.490 | 1.01 | 0.931 | 1.04 | 0.555 | 1.14 | 0.103 | 1.09 | 0.204 | 1.05 | 0.568 |
| Openness | 1.10 | 0.141 | 1.08 | 0.598 | 1.24 | <0.001 | 1.14 | 0.074 | 1.13 | 0.049 | 1.12 | 0.137 |
| N. Followers: < 200 (vs 200–500) | 0.83 | 0.291 | 0.98 | 0.951 | 0.61 | 0.004 | 0.67 | 0.059 | 0.59 | 0.004 | 0.75 | 0.184 |
| N. Followers: > 500 (vs 200–500) | 1.01 | 0.967 | 0.71 | 0.431 | 0.86 | 0.409 | 0.96 | 0.847 | 0.74 | 0.106 | 1.28 | 0.228 |
| Time on SN: < 1 h/day (vs 1–3 h/d) | 1.09 | 0.680 | 0.35 | 0.171 | 0.68 | 0.063 | 0.62 | 0.103 | 0.56 | 0.012 | 0.82 | 0.452 |
| Time on SN: > 3 h/day (vs 1–3 h/d) | 1.44 | 0.013 | 1.11 | 0.754 | 1.00 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0.990 | 1.08 | 0.573 | 1.17 | 0.332 |
| N. of SN accounts: > 1 (vs 1) | 2.15 | <0.001 | 1.62 | 0.113 | 1.60 | 0.001 | 2.98 | <0.001 | 1.46 | 0.007 | 2.03 | <0.001 |
| Internet addiction | 1.07 | 0.238 | 1.17 | 0.246 | 1.17 | 0.005 | 1.16 | 0.024 | 1.24 | <0.001 | 1.06 | 0.358 |
| Moral Disengagement | 1.78 | <0.001 | 2.07 | <0.001 | 1.28 | <0.001 | 1.45 | <0.001 | 1.24 | 0.001 | 1.48 | <0.001 |
| Observations | 1120 | 1120 | 1120 | 1120 | 1120 | 1120 | ||||||
| R2 Nagelkerke | 0.226 | 0.163 | 0.111 | 0.1777 | 0.106 | 0.126 | ||||||
The values in this table correspond to the Odds Ratios (OR, and associated p-values) for the effects of different predictors on the self-reported frequency of 6 different cyberbullying behaviours, estimated by fitting (for each behaviour) an ordinal multiple regression. All the predictors were entered simultaneously in the regression models, in which the dependent variables were ratings of the reported frequency of the perpetration of the behaviours by the respondents, expressed on a 5-point frequency scale (from “never” to “more than 5 times”). SN = Social Networks.