Analyzing the Relationship between Cyberbullying Victimization and Well-Being of Students at Higher Education
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The purpose of this research was to map out the relationship between the level of cyberbullying experiences and the well-being of students in higher education. A correlational research design was adopted to collect data. A stratified sampling technique was adopted to select the sample of 976 university students for this research. Existing validated research tools were adopted to collect data from students. The collected data were analyzed by performing descriptive statistics, linear regression and one sample t-test. The findings suggested that cyberbullying experiences affect the well-being of university students. As to see the gender differences, both male and female students have different level of cyberbullying victimization. To measure the difference in view of locality of the students, t-test results showed no difference in urban and rural students experiencing cyberbullying. All the findings are in line with available research. The limitations were stressed and future directions were also made to prevent cyberbullying at campuses to develop a healthy and productive study environment.
Keywords:
Cyberbullying, Higher education, Technology, Victimization, Well-being
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