Investigation of the relationship between social anxiety, anger, internet addiction, cyber bullying and cyber victimal behavior in university students

In this study, the predictive role of internet addiction, social anxiety and anger variables on cyber bullying and cyber victimization behaviors in university students was investigated. The population of the study consisted of 18-24 years old university students studying in different departments in Halic University in Sutluce district of Istanbul. The sample of the study consisted of 375 university students studying at the Sutluce Campus of Halic University. In order to evaluate the data, sociodemographic data sheet, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Continuous Anger-Anger Style (SÖTÖ) Scale, Internet Addiction Scale, Cyber Bullying And Cyber Victimization Scale were used. Frequency analysis, independent samples t test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. When the results of the study are examined, it was observed that gender, social anxiety, anger and internet addiction variables significantly predicted cyberbullying and cyber victimization behaviors. Keywords: Social Anxiety, Internet Addiction, Constant Anger, Cyber Bullying, Cyber Victimizatio