Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth
Cyberbullying has emerged of late as a serious issue, especially among the most active internet users in Malaysia – youths. As the number of related studies is still lacking, the present study aims to determine the predictors of cyberbullying among youths in Malaysia. The study is quantitative in na...
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| author | Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Omar, Siti Zobidah Abdullah, Haslinda Ahmad, Aminah Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril |
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| description | Cyberbullying has emerged of late as a serious issue, especially among the most active internet users in Malaysia – youths. As the number of related studies is still lacking, the present study aims to determine the predictors of cyberbullying among youths in Malaysia. The study is quantitative in nature and in total had involved 400 youths aged between 18 to 40 years old. The findings suggest that predictors such as age, loneliness, self-esteem, and empathy yielded significant relationship with cyberbullying, while males were predominantly reported to perpetrate cyberbullying than females. Several recommendations were highlighted and hopefully, it can assist any concerned parties in developing concrete strategies to reduce cyberbullying cases among youths in Malaysia further. |
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| spelling | upm-872502022-01-20T08:54:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87250/ Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Omar, Siti Zobidah Abdullah, Haslinda Ahmad, Aminah Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Cyberbullying has emerged of late as a serious issue, especially among the most active internet users in Malaysia – youths. As the number of related studies is still lacking, the present study aims to determine the predictors of cyberbullying among youths in Malaysia. The study is quantitative in nature and in total had involved 400 youths aged between 18 to 40 years old. The findings suggest that predictors such as age, loneliness, self-esteem, and empathy yielded significant relationship with cyberbullying, while males were predominantly reported to perpetrate cyberbullying than females. Several recommendations were highlighted and hopefully, it can assist any concerned parties in developing concrete strategies to reduce cyberbullying cases among youths in Malaysia further. UNIMAS 2020-03-31 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87250/1/Predictors%20of%20cyberbullying%20among%20Malaysian%20youth.pdf Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Abdullah, Haslinda and Ahmad, Aminah and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2020) Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth. Journal of Cognitive Science and Human Development, 6 (1). 67 - 80. ISSN 2462-1153; ESSN: 2550-1623 https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1518 10.33736/jcshd.1518.2020 |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Omar, Siti Zobidah Abdullah, Haslinda Ahmad, Aminah Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth |
| title | Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth |
| title_full | Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth |
| title_short | Predictors of cyberbullying among Malaysian youth |
| title_sort | predictors of cyberbullying among malaysian youth |
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