133440 20260217205500.0 doi 10.5817/CP2024-2-2 sideral 138095 ART-2024-138095 eng Cebollero-Salinas, Ana Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2515-9029 Cybergossip in adolescence: Its relationship with social competency, empathy, emotions in online communication and socio-emotional e-competencies by gender and age 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Cybergossip involves making evaluative comments about third parties through digital devices, a behaviour accentuated by the use of social networks and associated with the intensification of cyberbullying, especially among adolescents. Certain studies suggest that there may be a relationship between cybergossip and socio-emotional variables. However, few studies have analysed this, and even fewer have considered a further series of variables that are evaluated in the online environment, taking into account gender and age differences. Thus, the aim of this study is to analyse the predictive capacity of social competency, empathy, emotional online content (e-motions), and socio-emotional e-competencies in relation to cybergossip. In order to achieve this, we conducted a large-scale survey among Spanish adolescents (n = 992) aged 12–16 (54.4% girls, M = 13.80, and SD = 1.27). Results showed that cybergossip increases with age, with a similar frequency in boys and girls. Regression analysis showed that the variables we evaluated in the online environment can improve our knowledge about cybergossip in relation to social competency and empathy. Moreover, e-motions, which tend to come into play in the transmission of online messages, increase the frequency of cybergossip. Socio-emotional e-competencies, however, can reduce its occurrence, thereby helping adolescents adapt to online interaction environments. Certain socio-emotional e-competencies stand out: e-regulation of emotions in girls, e-self-control of impulsivity in boys, and emotional e-independence in both genders and in older adolescents. Finally, we highlight the need for adolescents to develop specific online emotional competencies. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S57 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/UZ-SANTANDER/270313 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-sa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.es 2.4 2024 COMMUNICATION 46 / 227 = 0.203 2024 Q1 T1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 62 / 223 = 0.278 2024 Q2 T1 0.868 2024 Communication 2024 Q1 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 2024 Q1 Psychology (miscellaneous) 2024 Q2 4.1 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Orejudo-Hernández, Santos Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6492-2248 Cano-Escoriaza, Jacobo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8422-9213 4001 215 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 4009 735 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac 18, 2 (2024), Article 2 [18 pp.] Cyberpsychology Cyberpsychology 1802-7962 2870167 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133440/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2475910 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133440/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:133440 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:21:47 ARTICLE