Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0749-4022

Date Available

8-31-2025

Year of Publication

2024

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Family Sciences (MSFS)

College

Agriculture

Department/School/Program

Family Sciences

Advisor

Dr. Alexander T. Vazsonyi

Abstract

The present research investigated the associations between maternal and paternal inconsistent parenting and cyberbullying victimization, anxiety, and depression. It also tested the extent to which these relationships were moderated by sex. It was expected that inconsistent maternal and paternal parenting would be positively associated with cyberbullying victimization, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. It was also expected that the links between maternal and paternal inconsistent parenting and cyberbullying victimization, anxiety as well as depression symptoms would not be moderated by sex. Data were collected from 500 14–18-year-old Czech teenagers, with a mean age of 14.4 years; 54% of the participants were female. Descriptive statistics were computed using SPSS. Study findings provided evidence of positive correlations between both maternal and paternal inconsistent parenting and cyberbullying victimization. Similarly, positive associations were also observed between maternal and paternal inconsistent parenting and measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Additionally, results provided evidence that maternal and paternal parenting inconsistency were additively associated with each of the three dependent measures, thus indicating there was fairly little overlap between the two. Finally, no sex differences were found in these tested relationships based on a multigroup test. Study findings have important implications for the impact of parenting on adolescent adjustment.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2024.268

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