Impact of Cyber Bullying on Psychological Well Being of College Going Students

Abstract

Cyber bullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. It can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. It also includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. It can include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyber bullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal behavior.

Now days Cyber bullying is growing in our society and many teenagers get affected by its devastating effects. I chose this topic because cyber bullying is very close to me since I am a young adult that uses the Internet every day, and it could happen to me. Cyber bullying involves using technology, like cell phones and the Internet, to bully or harass another person. Also, cyber bullying can have lasting repercussions on youth like psychological problems, emotional problems or in severe cases it can lead to suicide.

Sample for research is focused on college going students. 170 college going students is taken from colleges. Data collection is done using Cyber bullying Questionnaire and Psychological well-being questionnaire.

The study concludes the impact of cyber bullying on college going students on psychological well-being and how they cope up. Further results were computed using two sample t- tests and descriptive statistics, the results shows that there was no significant difference between males and females on psychological well-being. There was significant difference in psychological well- being of victims and non- victims, there was no significant difference in psychological well- being scores of both perpetrators and non- perpetrators, bystanders and non- bystanders and there was larger no. of female victims as compared to male victims and equal no. of bystanders. A large number of respondents want to prevent cyber bullying.