Moderating role of Government Policy into the relationship between Digital Distrust, Negative Emotions, Information Overload and Cyber violence: Evidence from Pakistan

Abstract

Cyber violence is emerging and critical for adolescents in Pakistan. The federal investigation agency in Pakistan is reporting thousands of cyber violence Crimes every year. The cases of cyber violence have a deep psychological impact on the victims. Therefore, the core objective of this study was to investigate the Impact of emerging determinants of cyber violence like negative emotions, information overload, and government policy on Cyber Violence behaviours among Adolescents. The study is based on primary data collected on the Likert scale and Partial Least Square (PLS) method was used for data analysis. The study concludes that adolescents in Pakistan are increasingly demonstrating cyber violence and in turn affecting their psychological state of affairs. This study enhances the literature on the significant role of government policy decrease cyber violence. Concerning cyber violence against adolescents, this study has significant practical implications critically important for the government and other stakeholders to reduce the cases of cyber violence in Pakistan. The future directions of this study direct the new gaps in the literature for future research.