Ergenlerde Öznel Mutluluk İle Siber Zorbalık ve Mağduriyet Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Son yıllarda özellikle ergenler arasında kullanımı giderek yaygınlık kazanan bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerinin bazı olumsuz sonuçlara neden olduğu görülmektedir. Bu olumsuzluklardan bir tanesi de bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerinin diğerlerine zarar vermek amacıyla kullanılması sonucu son zamanlarda yaygın olarak yaşanan siber zorbalıktır. Bu araştırmanın amacı; öznel mutluluk ile siber zorbalık ve siber mağduriyet arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda genel tarama modellerinden biri olan kesitsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2014-2015 Bahar yarıyılında Bayburt ilindeki çeşitli liselerde öğrenim görmekte olan 274 lise öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Katılımcıların 136’sı (% 49.63) kız, 138’i (% 50.37) erkektir. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilere Öznel Mutluluk Ölçeği ve Sanal Zorba/Kurban Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Öznel mutluluk ile siber zorbalık ve siber mağduriyet arasındaki ilişkileri incelemek amacıyla yapılan Pearson korelasyon analizi sonucunda,  öznel mutluluğun siber zorbalık ve siber mağduriyet ile negatif ilişkili olduğu bulunmuştur. Siber zorbalık ve siber mağduriyetin öznel mutluluk tarafından açıklanma düzeyini belirlemek amacıyla kurulan yapısal eşitlik modelinden elde edilen uyum iyiliği indeksleri, modelin iyi uyum verdiğini göstermiştir. Yapısal eşitlik analizi sonuçları öznel mutluluğun hem siber zorbalığı hem de siber mağduriyeti negatif yönde yordadığını ortaya koymuştur. Bu araştırmadan elde edilen bulgular bireylerin öznel mutluluk düzeyleri arttıkça siber zorbalık yapma ve siber zorbalığa maruz kalma olasılıklarının azaldığını göstermektedir. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgular alanyazın ışığında tartışılmıştır. 

Keywords

• Siber zorbalık
• siber mağduriyet
• öznel mutluluk
• yapısal eşitlik modeli

The Investigation of Relationships Between Subjective Happiness, Cyber Bullying, and Cyber Victımization in Adolescents

Abstract

In recent years, particularly among adolescents increasingly widespread use of information and communication technologies seems to cause some negative consequences. One of these negative consequences is cyber bullying that recently been widely experienced as a the result of the use of information and communication technologies to harm others. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between subjective happiness, cyber bullying, and cyber victimization. In accordance with this purpose 274 students studying in various high schools in Bayburt in the 2015-2016 spring semestre were taken as sample and cross sectional survey model which is one of the general survey models was used. 138 (50.37% ) of the students are boys and 136 (49.63%) of the students are girls. Subjective Happiness Scale and Cyber Bully/Victim scale were administered to participants. According to results of Pearson correlation analysis, subjective happiness was negatively related to cyber bullying and victimization. The structural equation model where cyber bullying and victimization was predicted by subjective happiness was well fit. Based on findings obtained from structural equation model, subjective happiness predicted negatively both cyber bullying and victimization. Based on the findings of this study, it was anticipated that increase in subjective happiness leaded to decrease in cyber bullying and victimization. Results were discussed in the light of the literature.

Keywords

• Cyber bullying
• cyber victimization
• subjective happiness
• structural equation modeling

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