The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Cyberbullying Behavior
Keywords:
emotional intelligence, cyberbullying, nursing studentsAbstract
The objective of this descriptive research was to study the relationship between emotional intelligence and cyberbullying behavior of nursing students in the Faculty of Nursing of a University. The sample consisted of 221 students in the Faculty of Nursing at a university, years 1-4, academic year 2021, according to the specified qualifications. The instruments used in this study included (1) Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.634 when applied to the sample group (n=30), and actual reliability was 0.923 when applied to the sample group of 221 subjects. (2) cyberbullying behaviors questionnaire adapted from one developed by Sasiprapha Ketsuphan (2019), with content validity evaluated by experts. The IOC was above 0.5 and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.956 when applied to the sample group of 221 subjects. The results found that emotional intelligence was at a normal level and cyberbullying behavior was at a low level. Emotional intelligence was negatively correlated with cyberbullying behavior at a very low level (p<.05). Based on the findings, the results of this study showed that people with a high level of emotional intelligence had fewer cyberbullying behaviors.
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