Cyberbullying among school going adolescents. What are the associated factors?

Authors

    Bukola Olutola * Public Health. Independent Institute of Education (IIEMSA). South Africa bolutola@iiemsa.co.za
    Carmen Whitehouse Public Health. Independent Institute of Education (IIEMSA). South Africa
https://doi.org/10.61838/

Keywords:

Cyber-bully, Adolescents, Global School-Based Health Survey, Loneliness, Suicide

Abstract

Objective: Bullying either face-to face or cyber bullying has been one of the problems experienced among adolescents. Cyber-bullying is a type of bullying that is done over the internet, and it is a new phenomenon because of the exposure of children to social media through the internet.  To explore the factors associated with cyber-bullying, this study looked at cyber-bullying among the school going adolescents in Thailand in 2021.

Methods and Materials: The study used the Thailand Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2021. Data analysis was conducted using both the descriptive analysis and multivariable logistic regression.

Findings: Of the 5661 adolescents who participated in the study, 46.9% (2504) were males. Fifteen percent (n=790) of the respondents reported that they had ever been cyber-bullied in the past 12 months while 20% (n=1172) reported that they had ever been bullied on school property in the past 12 months. The prevalence of physical bullying (23.7% vs. 16.7%; p=0.001) and cyber-bullying (16.9% vs. 13.3%; p=0.014) was higher among male respondents than their female counterparts. Frequent feeling of loneliness, and suicide consideration were associated with cyber-bullying. Those who smoked cigarette between 1 and 9 days (AOR: 1.70; 95% Conf. Int: 1.29-2.24) and those who smoked between 10 and 30 days (AOR: 2.41; 95% Conf. Int: 1.47-3.93) in the past 30 days were more likely to have ever been cyber-bullied in the past 12 months compared to non-smokers.

Conclusion: This study showed that suicide consideration, cigarette smoking, and loneliness were associated with cyber-bullying.

Downloads

Author Biographies

  • Bukola Olutola, Public Health. Independent Institute of Education (IIEMSA). South Africa

    I am a senior lecturer in Public Health at the Independent Institute of Education (IIEMSA), South Africa. I have a PhD in Public Health. 

     

  • Carmen Whitehouse, Public Health. Independent Institute of Education (IIEMSA). South Africa

    Ms Whitehouse is a Public Health practitioner. 

Downloads

Additional Files

Published

2024-07-03

Submitted

2024-06-11

Revised

2024-07-18

Accepted

2024-08-04

How to Cite

Olutola, B., & Whitehouse, C. (2024). Cyberbullying among school going adolescents. What are the associated factors?. Journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies (JAYPS), 5(11), 132-143. https://doi.org/10.61838/

Most read articles by the same author(s)

<< < 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 > >>