• Studies on Life and Culture
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• v.52
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• pp.249-272
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• 2019

This study examined the moderating effects of closed communication between parents and children on the relationship between children's depression and cyberbullying behaviors. The research model was designed to classify the controlled variable, parent-child communication, as father-child, mother-child, and parents-child. As a result of the analysis, we confirmed the moderating effects of all three parent-child communication on cyberbullying behavior. In case, the degree of closed communication between parents and children is low, it buffers the positive effect of depression on cyberbullying behavior. These moderating effects were found to have a greater impact on adolescent depression. Based on the findings, this study suggests several practical ways of intervention to mitigate cyberbullying behaviors of adolescents.