Incidences of cyberbullying among adolescents

Abstract

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:

“Listen to me!” The role of family supervision and parental phubbing in youth cyberbullying

“…The relationship observed in this study between a lack of family supervision and a greater incidence of parental phubbing suggests an association with these family experiences and adolescents' experience of cyberbullying, as either victim or bully. This may suggest that the experiences contribute to greater likelihood of adolescents experiencing psychological problems such as stress, aggressiveness, anxiety, and depression (Baruah et al, 2017), as well as relationship problems inside and outside of school and within the family (Stockdale et al, 2018). The relevant correlation between cyberbullying victimization and aggression in our study strongly suggests that the aggressor can become the victim, and vice versa; family supervision is apparently effective in both cases.…”

“…Cyberbullying usually emerges in the victim's immediate environment (Ortega & Zych, 2016), resulting in a risk for those who are active on the Internet and making it necessary for them to learn to control it and defend themselves against it. Its effects on the psychological health of victims can be directly related to anxiety, depression, low self‐esteem, frustration, stress, sadness, and suicidal ideations (Baruah et al, 2017). In Spain, cyberbullying is a significant social problem, and experts believe that the actual incidence is considerably more significant than the reported cases.…”

Cyberbullying in the Social Media Environment: Investigating Young Adults' Experiences in Malaysia

“…One specific aspect of cyberbullying that requires attention is the effect of offensive words on the victims. Victims may suffer adverse psychological and emotional effects, such as anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem (Baruah, Dashora & Parmar (2017); Eyuboglu et al (2021); Albikawi (2023)). Hence, the problem of cyberbullying among young adults in Malaysia, specifically on social media platforms demands deeper investigation as most existing studies on cyberbullying in Malaysia have primarily focused on children and adolescents.…”