Media violent exposure on cyber/traditional bullying perpetration among Chinese adolescence: Do the moderating effect of self-control make any difference?

we examined the association between violent video game exposure and (cyber)bullying, and consider whether there are differences in the role of risk factor (normative beliefs about aggression) and protective factor (self-control). A total of 777 Chinese college students (336 girls; Mage=13.57±0.98) completed measures including media violence exposure, normative beliefs about aggression, traditional bullying perpetration, cyberbullying perpetration and self-controlThe results indicated that media violent exposure was positively related to adolescent cyber/traditional bullying perpetration. Mediation analysis showed that normative beliefs about aggression mediated this relation. Moderated mediation test further revealed that self-control play a different role in cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Specifically, the indirect effect of media violent exposure on adolescent cyberbullying perpetration was moderated by self-control, however, self-control moderate the direct and indirect relationship between media violent exposure and traditional bullying perpetration.