Gender differences in brain activity when exposed to cyberbullying: Associations between wellbeing and cyberbullying experience using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying picture series (CyPicS)
Function magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Gender
Neurobiology
Wellbeing
Journal
Current research in neurobiology
ISSN: 2665-945X
Titre abrégé: Curr Res Neurobiol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101778135
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
28
10
2021
revised:
19
07
2022
accepted:
22
08
2022
entrez:
15
12
2022
pubmed:
16
12
2022
medline:
16
12
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The role of gender and the associated brain activation when witnessing cyberbullying requires investigation. The current study aimed to determine whether brain responses to cyberbullying differ according to gender and level of wellbeing. We hypothesised that females and males would activate different regions of the brain when witnessing cyberbullying, and that this would be influenced by wellbeing levels and prior cyberbullying experiences. Blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) responses were examined in participants (N = 32, aged 18-25 years; 66% female) whilst observing cyberbullying versus neutral stimuli during a functional MRI. Results revealed significant correlations between BOLD signal and achievement scores among males, but not females, with previous experiences of cyberbullying, in regions including the cerebellum, the superior and inferior frontal gyrus, and the precuneus. Furthermore, males who previously cyberbullied others, with higher scores in achievement (a wellbeing sub-category), activated brain regions associated with executive function, social cognition, and self-evaluation, when viewing the cyberbullying stimuli. In addition, despite gender, BOLD signal in the cingulate gyrus was negatively correlated with cyberbullying scores, and BOLD signal in the left dorsal caudate and the cerebellum was independently and positively correlated with achievement scores. Taken together, these findings provide insights into brain responses to cyberbullying scenarios and emphasize that there are some significant variations according to gender. The overall finding that males activated brain regions linked to varying aspects of cognition, whereas females more often activated regions linked to emotion processing and empathy is important for future research in this area.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36518336
doi: 10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100054
pii: S2665-945X(22)00027-4
pmc: PMC9743052
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
100054Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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