Cyberbullying on Social Media and Its Effect on the Behavioral Pattern amongst Senior Secondary School Student

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Usman Saadu
SAID Kabir Sulaiman

Abstract

This study explores cyberbullying on social media and its effect on the behavioral pattern amongst senior secondary school student. Specifically, it examines the impact of cyberbullying on students' behavioral pattern, how to best understand when a student is been cyberbullied, what are the effects of cyberbullying on adolescents and academic performance and how school/parent can address cyberbullying act. The data were collected from 120 senior secondary school students using survey questionnaire as instrument. The result of the study indicated that over 66% of the respondents were victims of cyberbullying, and that a cyberbullied victim feels lonely, scared and isolated among his/her colleagues, it further revealed that about 6 in 10 victims would report to the school authority. However, the study shows less significant effect of cyberbullying on students' academic performance.

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