Predicting Cyberbullying of High School Students Using Attitudes toward Cyberbullying, Empathy, and Family Relationships
Keywords:
cyberbullying, attitude toward cyberbullying, empathy, family relationshipsAbstract
At present, people are widely used social media, as it is a convenient and fast way for communication. However, it generates social problems as well, for instance cyberbullying among students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the attitude toward cyberbullying, empathy, and family relationships on cyberbullying of upper secondary school students in Samut Sakhon Province. The participants were 314 students. The data were collected using an online questionnaire, with a reliability range of .68 to .91. It was found that student who has been victimized by online bullying has more instances of cyberbullying than those who have not experienced it (β = .276, p < .001), the attitude toward cyberbullying was positively associated with cyberbullying (β = .146, p < .05), and empathy was negatively associated with cyberbullying (β = -.275, p < .001). Family relationships were found not to be associated with cyberbullying (β = -.056, p = .327). The results of this study can be used to decrease cyberbullying among students, which includes increasing the negative attitudes toward cyberbullying and developing the empathy in students.
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