Cibervictimización y satisfacción vital en adolescentes: la inteligencia emocional como variable mediadora

espanolEl ciberacoso ha surgido recientemente como una nueva forma de acoso escolar que se lleva a cabo en el ciberespacio, convirtiendose en un importante problema psicosocial y generando un gran impacto sobre aquellos adolescentes que lo sufren. Ser victima de ciberacoso puede crear un importante desajuste emocional y psicologico, afectando a areas tan importantes como la satisfaccion vital (SV). La presente investigacion presenta dos objetivos: analizar las relaciones entre cibervictimizacion, inteligencia emocional (IE) y SV; y examinar la IE como una posible variable mediadora en la relacion entre la cibervictimizacion y la SV. La muestra estaba formada por 731 estudiantes de Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria, Bachillerato y Formacion Profesional. Los participantes cumplimentaron tres escalas: la escala Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) para medir los niveles de IE; la escala European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionaire (ECIP-Q) para conocer los niveles de ciberacoso; y la escala Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS) para medir los niveles de SV. Como se esperaba, los analisis de correlacion mostraron que la IE se relacionaba de forma positiva y estadisticamente significativa con la SV y que la cibervictimizacion se asociaba de forma negativa y estadisticamente significativa con la IE y la SV. Ademas, los resultados del analisis de mediacion indicaron que la IE (percepcion intrapersonal) mediaba parcialmente la relacion entre la cibervictimizacion y la SV. Finalmente, se reflexiona sobre las implicaciones de esta investigacion, tanto a nivel teorico como practico EnglishCybervictimization and life satisfaction in adolescents: emotional intelligence as mediator. Cyberbullying has recently emerged as a new variation of school bullying which takes place in the cyberspace, becoming an important psychosocial problem and generating a significant impact on the adolescent individuals who suffer from it. Being a cyberbullying victim could lead to an important emotional and psychological imbalance, affecting significant areas such as life satisfaction (SV). The present research aim was twofold: to explore the relationships between cybervictimization, emotional intelligence (EI) and SV; and to test EI as a potential mediator variable in the relationship between cybervictimization and SV. The sample consisted of 731 students in grades of compulsory secondary education and Bachillerato (7th to 12th grades), as well as A level. The participants met three scales: the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS); the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionaire (ECIP-Q); and the Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS). As was expected, the correlation analysis showed that EI was statistically significant and positively related with SV, whereas cybervictimization was statistically significant and negatively related with EI and SV. Additionally, the mediation analyses indicated that EI partially mediated the relationship between the cybervictimization and SV. Finally, the implications of this study in both a theoretical and practical level are reflected upon.