The relationship between cyberbullying and cyber victimization with social media addiction among high school students

Developing communication technologies provide great convenience to individuals. However, there are some problems with these facilities. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between cyberbullying and cyber victimization and social media addiction in high school students. The sample of the study consists of 315 high school students, 232 female and 83 male, studying in Gaziantep. The research was conducted according to the relational screening model. To obtain the data of the research; Personal Information Form, Cyber Bullying Scale, Cyber Victim Scale and Social Media Addiction Scale were used. As a result of the research, there is a weakly positive and significant relationship between cyberbullying and cyber victimization and the social media addiction scale and its sub-dimensions. There is no significant relationship between the time spent on social media and cyberbullying, there is a weakly positive and significant relationship between cyber victimization and the time spent on social media. Considering the effect of social media addiction and its sub-dimensions on the cyberbullying score; It is seen that the deprivation sub-dimension has a negative and significant effect, imposing on the daily life/uncontrollability sub-dimension has a positive and significant effect. Considering the effect of social media addiction and its sub-dimensions on the cyber victimization score; It is seen that the deprivation sub-dimension does not have a significant effect, while the sub-dimension of affecting daily life/the controllability has a positive and significant effect. Keywords: Cyberbullying, Cyber Victimization, Social Media Addiction, High School Students