What is Internet for when studying is exhausting? Cyberaggression profilesassociations to school stress managementskills and study burnout among Polish and Turkish adolescents

Youth engage in various forms of aggression both in-person and online, and myriad past studies have explored the antecedents and adverse consequences of these malicious behaviors. The general assumption posits that cyberaggressive acts are compounded by the interplay of different personal, relational, and contextual factors. Therefore the present study assessed the co-occurrence of educational difficulties and different paths of online aggression in middle school students. 959 culturally diverse adolescents from Turkey and Poland, aged 10 to 15 years old were surveyed in a cross-sectional study design in 2022 year. The CATQ scale for assessing Cyberaggression Types, the ESSBS for measuring school burnout, and the 1-item on current school stress as an indicator of school stress management skills were used to measure adolescent characteristics. Latent profile analysis was used to identify profiles of individuals according to involvement in different forms of cyberaggression. Three profiles were observed: low-cyberaggressive adolescents; (2) impulsive cyberperpetrators (n=70); and (3) moderately controlled online aggressive adolescents (n=162). Students from Poland, who reported high levels of exhaustion due to school duties, high burnout due to parental pressure, and loss of interest in school activities had increased odds of being in the Profile with the highest scores in the CATQ scale when compared to the other two profiles. This study confirmed the need for school-based intervention programs to address cyberspace malicious acts using a whole-school and family approach as well as improving intrapersonal skills. The findings also highlight the importance of including an ecological perspective for assessing comprehensive prevention efforts.