Factors Associated with Adolescent Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization in Malaysia

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Pei Boon Ooi¹  Priyadharshini Ahrumugam⁴  Phoey Lee Teh⁵  Nee Nee Chan⁶ 

[1] Department of General Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Sunway University, 5, Jalan Universiti;Liveable Cities, Future Cities Research Institute, Sunway University, 5, Jalan Universiti;Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medical & Life Sciences, Sunway University, 5, Jalan Universiti;Department of Communication, School of Arts, Sunway University, 5, Jalan Universiti;Department of Computing and Information Systems, School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, 5, Jalan Universiti;Faculty of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts, UCSI University

关键词: cyberbullying;    prevalence;    media exposure;    environmental factors;    individual coping strategy;    cyberbullying perpetration;    cyberbullying victimization;    Malaysia;    youths;   

DOI  :  10.3390/proceedings2022082109

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Cyberbullying is emerging as a serious concern in schools with the proliferation of digital and communication technologies. This cross-sectional survey study examined the cyberbullying experience, comprised of both cyberbullying perpetration and victimization, of 990 secondary school students in Malaysia, with a mean age of 15.22 years old (S.D. = 1.358). The Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was used to examine the posited research hypotheses and the results indicated that media exposure (β = 0.364, p = 0.00), environmental factors (β = 0.294, p = 0.00), and individual coping strategies (β = −0.075, p = 0.02) emerged as significant factors and explained 30.9% of cyberbullying perpetration and victimization experiences in Malaysia. Overall, 13.3% of the participants reported having experienced cyberbullying perpetration and victimization in the past 1 year. Educational intervention programs should be built to address and target the factors identified in this work.

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