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The Relationship Between Social Withdrawal and Cyber-bullying Among Multicultural Adolescents: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Aggression

  • Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
  • Abbr : JKIOTS
  • 2025, 11(5), 4
  • Publisher : The Korea Internet of Things Society
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science > Internet Information Processing
  • Received : September 4, 2025
  • Accepted : October 9, 2025
  • Published : October 31, 2025

Choi, Jang Won 1 장대연 ORD ID 2 Seo, Dong-Hyun 3

1동명대학교
2한경국립대학교
3연세대학교 사회복지대학원

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to verify the mediating effect of aggression in the relationship between social withdrawal and cyber-bullying experienced by multicultural adolescents. The data were analyzed using data from 1,678 people from the 5th Multicultural Youth Panel Survey conducted by the Korea Institute for Children and Youth Policy in 2023. Using SPSS 29.0, frequency analysis and descriptive statistics of variables used in the study were measured, and correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were performed to determine the correlation between measured variables. The statistical significance of the mediating effect was reviewed using the Bootstrapping technique through the Process Macro 4.3 program. As a result of the study, first, 56.5% of the subjects experienced social withdrawal, and 15.7% of the total were found to have experienced cyber-bullying. Second, social withdrawal and cyber-bullying showed a statistically significant positive relationship. Third, in the relationship between social withdrawal and cyber-bullying, aggression has a complete mediating effect. This study is meaningful in that it confirmed the possibility that the social withdrawal of multicultural adolescents in the internet of things society triggers the problem of cyber-bullying online.

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