Journal of Psychiatry

Parenting Style as a Predictor of Cyber Aggression

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Protyasha Bhattacharyya

University of Greenwich , United Kingdom

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Psychiatry

Abstract:

The present study is titled, ‘Parenting style as a predictor of cyber aggression’. Cyber aggression has received massive attention especially during and after Covid-19 due to the increased use of social media platforms. The term ‘Cyber-aggression’ entails bullying an individual mainly using online platforms such as social media sites. The present study investigates the connection of parenting styles with generating such acts of bullying other people using the electronic medium. Three types of parenting styles have been considered: authoritarian, permissive, and, authoritative parenting styles. Four hypotheses have been formed based on the research question, ‘What parenting style contributes mostly to causing cyber-aggression amongst people who engage themselves in such acts?’ and ‘What other factors can predict cyber-aggression?’ The hypotheses are- the more authoritarian, and permissive the parenting styles are, the more cyber-aggressive a person becomes; whereas, the more authoritative the parenting style is, the less cyber-aggression is noticed in an individual, and also the demographic variables in the study (gender, ethnicity, education, and employment) can predict cyber-aggression among individuals.

Biography :

Protyasha has completed her Master’s from the University of Greenwich, London, the United Kingdom, in Criminology and Criminal Psychology with a minor in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has been working closely with children having special needs across various schools and colleges in the United Kingdom. Currently, she is teaching Psychology at Cherwell College, Oxford