@article{ref1,
title="Cyber bullying among adolescents",
journal="International journal of Indian psychology",
year="2017",
author="George, Jain and Alias, Jinson and Khader, Nisbin A. and Jabbar, Sahadiya and Ranjith, Neelima",
volume="4",
number="4",
pages="e09-e09",
abstract="<p>In this modern era, despite several advantages of communication technologies, some people particularly school and college students' misuse these technologies. They often engage in a phenomenon called cyber bullying. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To find out the cyber bullying activities of adolescents. Seven different cyber bullying activities such as flaming, harassment, intimidation, denigration, masquerade; outing and exclusion are being measured across three dimensions such as bullying, victimizing and witnessing. <br><br>METHOD: (a) Participants: 1014 higher secondary and college students was (aged 16-20 years) randomly selected from 8 schools and 8 colleges located in Ernakulum district, Kerala. (b) Material: Cyber Bullying Survey Questionnaire developed by the investigators (c) Statistical Analysis: Percentage of activity in each of the seven areas across three dimensions was calculated. <br><br>RESULT: All cyber bullying activities exist among higher secondary and college students. The percentage of students who witnessed cyber bullying activities is comparatively higher than that of victimization and bullying. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The misuse of technology was seen in adolescents of Kerala community.</p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2349-3429",
doi="10.25215/0404.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.25215/0404.009"
}