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A Gender Difference in Conditioning Effect between Low Self-Control and Internet Environmental Variables on Internet Bullying

This study tests the effect of low self-control on internet bullying behavior and also analyzes the conditioning effect of low self-control by internet environmental factors including both collective efficacy(trust/cohesion and informal control) and internet subculture. This study tests a gender difference in interaction effect between low self-control and both environmental variables on internet bullying behavior. Using data from surveying 576 middle school students in Seoul, 2007, results show that there are gender differences. It is revealed that the effect of low self control is stronger on female than on male and also results show that the effect of internet subculture is stronger on female than on male, while the effect of informal control is stronger on male than on female. It is found that the interaction effect between low self-control and internet subculture is significant only on female, while interaction effects between low self-control and collective efficacy variables are not significant on both male and female.