Factor Related to Cyberbullying among Primary School Student Dusit District, Bangkok
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This cross-sectional survey aimed to examine factors related to victims of cyberbullying among primary school students in Dusit district, Bangkok, by using the PRECEDE-PROCEED framework. There were 414 samples in total. Data collection was performed by a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 8 parts, namely personality, ease of access to the Internet and social media, the Adolescent Cyber-Victimization scale, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, the social anxiety scale, the parental control scale, the Multidimensional scale of Perceived Social Support, and Internet and social media usage behaviours. Internal consistency reliability tested with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient resulted in 1.00, .50, .89, .93, .85, .81, .67 and 1.00 respectively. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, chi-square test, and multiple logistic regression analysis.
The results revealed that the factors significantly influencing cyber victimization were neuroticism, alcohol use, access to the Internet and social media, as well as social support. Logistic regression analysis revealed that factors significantly predicting cybervictimization in primary school students were neuroticism (adj.OR = 1.99, 95% CI = 1.16 - 3.41) and social support (adj.OR = 1.66, 95% CI = 1.08 - 2.50). The results can be used to guide a policy regarding cyber victimization and proactively prevent and solve bullying problems, as well as the incidence of school violence by encouraging the participation of families, friends, the community, and related government and private sectors to achieve primary school students’ wellness.
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