An issue that affects the academic engagement, performance, health and wellbeing of university undergraduates is bullying. Substantial literature has examined the predictors of bullying perpetration, but there is little research on the contributions of internet-related factors and the propensity to take risks in bullying. We examined the roles of IGD, risk-taking behavior, and internet addiction in social bullying. Four instruments were used for data collection, namely: Young Adult Social Behavior Scale (YASB), the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS9-SF), Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale, and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Scale. Participants were 552 undergraduate students from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka consisting of 143 males and 409 females (age range = 17–32 years; M = 21.45; SD = 2.71). Results of regression analysis showed that gaming disorder (GD) and risk-taking behavior had positive associations with social bullying. Thus, the more people grow addicted to internet gaming and takes more risks, the more they are likely to become bullies. Internet addiction had no significant association with social bullying. Efforts should be made to minimize the rate of dysfunctional internet use, GD and risk-taking behaviors of undergraduates in order to curtail bullying perpetration.

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Background and Objectives It has been evidenced that retirement transitions are accompanied by pre-retirement anxiety about transitioning from a work-oriented lifestyle to retirement. Most employees do not proactively address these concerns during this transitional period. Thus, identifying the factors inherent in pre-retirement anxiety is imperative for a positive retirement transition. This study explored the role of financial self-efficacy and pre-retirement goal clarity on pre-retirement anxiety and the mediating role of job embeddedness in such relationships among prospective retiree nurses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Research Design and Methods This cross-sectional study used self-report measures of the Pre-retirement Anxiety scale, Financial Self-Efficacy Scale, Retirement Goal Clarity Scale, and Job Embeddedness Scale for data collection. A total of 236 nurses participated in the study. Descriptive analyses were done to determine the bivariate correlations among the study variables, while regression-based path analysis was carried out to test the hypotheses. Results Results revealed that goal clarity and financial self-efficacy showed a strong negative association with pre-retirement anxiety. Also, higher job embeddedness was negatively associated with pre-retirement anxiety. In addition, there was a significant indirect relationship between financial self-efficacy and pre-retirement anxiety, as well as pre-retirement goal clarity and pre-retirement anxiety through job embeddedness. Hence, the influence of financial self-efficacy and pre-retirement goal clarity on pre-retirement anxiety was mediated by job embeddedness. Discussion and Implication The results emphasised that financial self-efficacy and pre-retirement planning are imperative for a positive perception towards retirement transition. In addition, job embeddedness should be encouraged among employees because it facilitates connectedness and interrelatedness in social fusion, ideas, and projections towards retirement transition. This connotes that the development of attachment to place and the formation of strong social ties are sacrosanct for retirement transition. These results are crucial for developing a methodology for support services for prospective employees in retirement transition.