Prevalence and Prevention Strategies of Cyberbullying among Nigerian Students

• 作者: Mercy Omoyemen Adeyemi Omoneye Olufunke Olasanmi Yinusa Toyese Agbaje
• 来源期刊: 应用科学(英文)
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: BULLY Cyberbully CYBERBULLYING Traditional Bullying
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（6）
• 页码范围: 351-363
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

<span style="font-family:Verdana;">Cyberbullying is a problem that has emerged as a byproduct of modern-day technologies. This form of aggression occurs when one or more individuals use a technological medium for the purpose of intimidating or harming others. In</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">spite of the popularity of technological devices among Nigerian youths presently, there remains a critical gap in literature relating to cyberbullying and its possible effects on students in Nigeria. This study thus sought to iden</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tify if a relationship exists between traditional bullying and cyberbullying;</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> examine the effect of cyberbullying on students’ psychological behavior;and examine ways in which cyberbullying might be prevented. The sample consists of students from tertiary institutions while the results were analyzed us</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ing both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the findings </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">showed that significant correlations were found between traditional bullies and cyberbullies (r</span>_{<span style="font-family:Verdana;">ranks</span>}<span style="font-family:Verdana;"> = 0.322, p</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.001), cyberbullies and cyberbullied victim (r</span>_{<span style="font-family:Verdana;">ranks</span>}<span style="font-family:Verdana;"> = 0.401, p</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.0001). There were also significant correlations found between bullies and bully victims (r</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ranks</span></