Determining the relationship between internet addiction, cyber bullying, cyber victims and parent attitudes in secondary school students

With the developing technology, the internet has become a part of daily life, and the use of the internet is increasing, especially among young people. Although there are many benefits, there are also risks associated with overuse. The main purpose of this research is to examine the internet usage habits, cyberbullying and cyber victimization situations and family attitudes of secondary school students and to investigate the relationship between them. The sample of the research consists of 150 students aged between 11 and 13. Participants were evaluated using Student Personal Data Collection Form, Young Internet Addiction Test Short Form (YIAT-SF), Cyber Bullying Scale (CBS), Cyber Victimization Scale (CVS), and Perceived Parent Attitude Scale. The average age of 150 primary school students participating in the study was 11.92 ± 1.52, and 79 (52.7) were females and 71 (47.3%) were males. There were 147 (98%) students with computers or tablets at home. Fatigue and difficulty in falling asleep were common complaints among students. 62 (41%) of the students said that they experienced cyberbullying. There is no correlation between having a computer and a smartphone or being exposed to cyberbullying. Male students encounter cyberbullying more frequently (p=0.027). As students have hobbies they are interested in (p=0.003), friendship (p=0.012) and family (p=0.000) relationships are good, they use the computer for research and homework (p=0.000) and they reduce the time they spend on the computer (p=0.000) experience of bullying decreases. There is a significant difference between the time spent on the Internet and the YIAT-SF, CBS and CVS.. There was a statistically significant correlation with all answers and a positive moderate correlation between the results of the Young Internet Addiction Scale and the Cyber victimization score (p<0.05). There is a weak negative correlation between the Parent Attitude Scale score and all other measures. As a result, we observed that as internet use increases, the situation of experiencing cyber victimization will increase, as the harmony with parents increases, the cyber bullying score decreases, and cyber bullying is more common among male students. We think that conscious use of the internet under the supervision of the family will reduce the possibility of cyberbullying and addiction to the internet