The effect of negative self-perception on virtual bullying in the individuals who are in the late adolescence

Self-perception is the perception of individual.It's a concept that people define as belonging to me.The self-perception developed by individual can be evaluated as positive or negative.The people who see themselves as worthless,who have difficulty expressing themselves,who think they are devoid of love,who don't know themselves,who can not develop self confidence behaviour can be considered as having a negative self perception.In individuals who have developed negative self perception ,some negative behaviours can be observed.The aim of the research is to show whether the negative self perception in the late adolescence has an effect on the virtual bullying.Rosenberg self esteem scale and cyberbullying scale were used in the research.Scales were applied to 150 students who are studying in the first grade of psychology department and 128 students were evaluated.Statistical evaluations revealed that there is e meaningful relationship between the D2 level of the resultant self perception scale and the cyberbullying variant.