Reactions to cyberbullying among high school and university students

ERİŞTİ B., AKBULUT Y.

SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, cilt.56, sa.1, ss.10-20, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 56 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.soscij.2018.06.002
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.10-20
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cyberbullying, Coping, Secondary education, Post-secondary education, COPING STRATEGIES, EMOTIONAL IMPACT, SELF-ESTEEM, VICTIMIZATION, ADOLESCENTS, VICTIMS, PREVALENCE, PREDICTORS, AGE, RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, behavioral and emotional reactions to cyberbullying were investigated by surveying 567 undergraduate-level university students and 211 high school students. Among the study participants, 170 of the undergraduates (29.98%) and 120 of the high school students (56.87%) reported that they had recently been cyberbullied. A four-factor scale with 37 items was used to investigate the behavioral cyberbullying reactions of victimized students. The four factors were revenge, countermeasure, negotiation and avoidance. An additional two factor scale with 11 items was used to classify victimized students' emotional reactions as either internalizing or externalizing. Explained variance values of both scales were above 50%, and the factors were found to have acceptable internal consistency coefficients. Behavioral and emotional reactions varied according to gender and school level. Computer self-efficacy and internet use were associated with different reaction types. (C) 2018 Western Social Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.