Exposure to harmful content and cyberbullying perpetration among South Korean adolescents during COVID-19: The moderating role of parental support.

• Exposure to harmful online content increases cyberbullying perpetration. • Parental support decreases cyberbullying perpetration. • Parental support moderates the effect of exposure to harmful online content on cyberbullying perpetration. • Parental support increases cyberbullying perpetration for at-risk students. Cyberbullying has grown into a global issue with the Internet becoming a readily accessible commodity around the world. During the outbreak and spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), most personal and professional activities shifted to the virtual environment, increasing the time children spent online and the opportunities to engage in deviant behavior such as cyberbullying. In this paper, we analyzed cyberbullying data drawn from a nationally representative survey of South Korean adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Correlates of cyberbullying perpetration were examined in addition to the moderating impact of parental support. Policy implications and future research directions were discussed based on the findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]