India stands third in the globally visible serious issue of cyberbullying. Urban adolescents are enormous user of technology and Ahmedabad being one of the top city of Internet users is supposed to be at high risk. The study was aimed to examine the nature and extent of cyberbullying among adolescents of Ahmedabad city of Gujarat state. The sample consisted of 240 respondents (120 boys and 120 girls) from standard VII to XII of two private co-educational English medium schools. Self -prepared questionnaire and modified version of Cyberbullying and Online Aggression Survey Instrument (Hinduja and Patchin, 2015) was used to elicit the data. Involvement in cyberbullying was seen for life time and for last thirty days before gathering the data. Findings indicates that nearly fifteen (14.17%) per cent respondents were involved in cyberbullying in their lifetime whereas seven (6.67 %) per cent were involved in last thirty days. The most common ways of cyberbullying were posting mean or hurtful comments and spreading of rumours. Computer instant messages and Facebook was most usual online environment where cyberbullying occurred. Overall, the extent of involvement of respondents in cyberbullying was low but it was sufficient enough to identify its emergence in our society. HIND ARTS ACADEMY Received:

Transactional analysis is a unique technique of behaviour modification through which undesirable behaviour can be turned into affirmative and constructive behaviour. The present study was aimed to analyse transactions among early adolescents. The study sample comprised of 240 early adolescents (120 girls and 120 boys) from Government schools of Deesa City. Transactional pattern of girls was found to be better as compared to boys but statistically they were of same order. Reactive style was most preferred where as task managing was least preferred by total respondents. Task managing, adaptive and creative style was preferred by girls whereas boys favoured nurturing, regulating and reactive styles. Boys and girls differ significantly for reactive and creative style. Education, type of school and annual income were significant determinants of TA. HIND ARTS ACADEMY Received: