CYBERBULLYING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; HOW DO PE RS SUPPORTIN RECOVERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

Abstract

This study aimed to find out how much friends, parents, and teachers affected the cyberbullying behaviors of teenagers research was planned to Analysis the “Effect of Cyber bullying among University Students, how do peers support in recovering from mental health problems”. To explore research questions, data were collected from a random sample of approximately 200 students. A self made questionnaire was used by the researcher. That questionnaire was divided in 4 sub-scales. Total statements in questionnaire were 32. Despite of these 32 statements, 8 demographics was also asked in questionnaire,( Gender, age, department, programme, mental and physical health and use of social networking ites,). Demographic factors  were used  to  compare results. Data was collected randomly. After collection of all data, each questionnaire was given a code. After coding, data was entered into Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. Then frequency and percentage towards each item was calculated to find out awareness about cyber bullying in university students. At the end findings, discussion, conclusions and recommendations were drawn.