Investigating Some Variables Related to Cyberbullying and Cyber Victimization In High School Students

Abstract

The aim of this research is to investigate whether there is a difference for cyberbullying and cyber victimization points, in terms of gender, age, type of school, having of computer/mobile phone/tablet, the frequency of using the internet and place where they are connecting to the internet. The study is conducted using a correlational method. Research group consisted of 1085 students. The age of the students in this study is between 14-17. Personal Information Form, Cyber Bullying Scale and Cyber Victimization Scale were used in the research. For the analysis of research data, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Post-Hoc Mann-Whitney U test were applied. According to the findings of study, there were significant differences in terms of some variables in cyberbullying and cyber victimization points of high school students.