ABSTRACT
Recent family studies on anticyberbullying have increasingly recognized the multilevel effects of family dynamics. This study aims to summarize the key interactive approaches between family factors across different levels and offer guidance for future family-focused anticyberbullying research. A systematic review was conducted on studies exploring the connection between family variables and adolescent cyberbullying perpetration. Articles published between 2012 and 2023 were retrieved from four databases (Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO and PubMed). Of the 48 reviewed studies, family variables were categorized into contextual and practical types based on how they affected adolescent cyberbullying. Parenting style, family conflict and parent–child attachment were identified as contextual family variables that provide an emotional family climate, which in turn influences the effects of specific anticyberbullying parenting practices. Other family variables, such as parental mediation, family communication, family rules and family relationships, were classified as practical family variables that directly affect adolescent cyberbullying. This study combined contextual family variables with practical family factors, providing an integrated framework of traditional family factors with cyberspace characteristics from three interactive approaches. This approach shows better stability and consistency of family effects on adolescent cyberbullying, providing a robust research framework for future studies.