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- Title
Experience, Perception, and Attitude Towards Cyberbullying Among the Undergraduate Students of UniKL RCMP.
- Authors
Noorzaid, Nur Maisarah; Zahidi, Hanissa; Sundaram, Vaishnevi R.; Hamran, Intan Azureen; Palaniyappan, Nandhini; Zazureen, Mohamad Zulhakeem; Mona, Resni
- Abstract
Introduction: Cyberbullying is a rising issue globally and is a cause for mental health issue. Many studies have suggested that there is a significant difference in a person’s experience, perception, and attitude towards cyberbullying depending on their gender. The aim of this study was to study the experience, perception, and attitude regarding cyberbullying among UniKL-RCMP students. Method: This is a cross-sectional study involving undergraduate students of UniKL-RCMP. The sampling method was a non-probability convenient study using a questionnaire that was uploaded online. Students were invited to take part in the study. The respondents’ genders and their answers were then computed as the variables of this study. The data was analysed using a Chi-Square Test in the SPSS software to test the significance in gender to a specific question from the questionnaire. Results: 170 students responded to this study (39 males, 131 females). Most of the respondents have no experience being either victim (Males= 51.3%; Females= 59.5%) or perpetrator (Males= 69.3%; Females= 86.3%) in cyberbullying. The majority who have been victims experienced cyberbullying through social media (74.4%), followed by texting (48.8%), and being sent harassing pictures (28.0%). Social media (75.0%) is also the main medium of cyberbullying for perpetrators, other than through texting (34.4%) and looking through their cellphone (25.0%). Both males (82.1%) and females (94.7%) have good perception on cyberbullying. This also applies to attitude towards cyberbullying as the majority for both males (76.9%) and females (78.6%) have good attitudes towards the issue. Most of the respondents agree to “create a policy made on cyberbullying” (47.6), followed by “getting parents and educators involved to talk about this” (27.6%), and “have the administration discuss this issue” (18.2%). Conclusion: Overall, both male and female students of UniKL-RCMP have good perception and attitude towards cyberbullying. Likewise, the majority of both genders have no experience being involved in cyberbullying either as a victim or as a perpetrator.
- Subjects
ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police; CYBERBULLYING; UNDERGRADUATES; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COMPUTER software testing; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2024, Vol 20, p120
- ISSN
1675-8544
- Publication type
Article