Investigation of being a cyber bully and victim in adolescents according to demographic variables

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate being a cyber bully and cyber victim in terms of demographic variables of gender, daily internet use, aim of internet usage, daily facebook, twitter and instagram usage, the level of mother, father and self internet competency, and parents’ being together. The study group consisted of 176 female and 202 male students in a secondary school in Denizli. Findings indicated that there was a significant relationship between being a cyber bully and a cyber victim,and gender, daily internet usage, daily facebook, twitter and instagram usage and the level of self internet competency, however there is no in terms of parents’ being together. © The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.