The Perception of Health and Cyberbullying Sensitivity in Adolescents

Authors : Ayla HENDEKCİ, Türkan KADİROĞLU

Pages : 18-23

Doi:10.19127/mbsjohs.643779

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Publication Date : 2020-04-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between adolescents` perceptions of health and their susceptibility to cyberbullying and the factors that affect them. Methods: The targeted population of this descriptive study is the students of middle schools managed by the Directorate of National Education in a province in the Black Sea region. The selection of subjects was made by a simple random sampling method from two determined middle schools in the city center insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=381);. The data of the study were collected with the Introductory Information Form, the Perception of Health Scale and the Cyberbullying Sensitivity Scale. The face-to-face interview method was used in data collection. The research was conducted according to ethical principles. Results: Of the adolescents who participated in the study, 55.4% were girls and 72.7% lived in a nuclear family and most of the parents` educational level was high school-graduated. There is a significant difference between the cyberbullying sensitivity scale score averages according to the gender of adolescents insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. There was a negatively significant association between the precision sub-dimension of the perception of health scale and the cyberbullying sensitivity scale for adolescents insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. Conclusion: The study found that both male and female adolescents had a high level of cyberbullying sensitivity, good health perceptions, higher cyberbullying sensitivity of female students and a negative relationship between the ‘precision’ sub-dimension of health perception and the cyberbullying sensitivity. It is suggested that the awareness of adolescents should be raised about their perception of good health and similar studies should be repeated.
Keywords : adolescent, perception of health, Cyberbullying