An analysis of the relation between cyberbullying sensibility and risk behaviour, conservative behaviour, exposure to offence and risk perception and in relation to various variables of lycee students

This research is conducted to identify behaviors associated with information security which are very important today and quite frequently encountered in especially children and adolescents and to draw attention to the issue of information security and to examine the relationship between information security and cyberbullying sensibility.The research was carried out according to general survey models correlational survey model type. Besides the correlational model, cross-sectional model was also benefited. Dependent variables of research are risk behaviour, risk perception, exposure to offence, conservative behaviour and sensibility against cyberbullying, independent variables are gender, age, internet usage time, education field and to have a security training. 368 students including 180 male and 188 female students who are studying various secondary schools of Istanbul province are participants of this research.Data which was obtained in this study were analyzed with pearson correlational test, t-test, one way ANOVA and stepwise regression analysis. As a result of the research, concerning risk perception and exposure to offence are both significant predict of sensibility against cyberbullying. Result of the research, male students behave more conservative but also more risky behaviour than female students in the use of computers and the internet. However, male students exposed to a crime and risk perception turned out to be higher than female students. Finally, female students are more sensitive than male students in the cyber-bullying sensibility. Also, as the age of students' scores increased risky behavior emerged. Students who are taking the social sciences, received the highest scores of all kind of scale points. Students who had a security training have higher risky and conservative behaviour scores. Although lycee students who participated in research and used the internet less than 1 hour per day on average have lowest scores of risky behaviour, conservative behaviour, exposure to offence and risk perception, cyberbullying sensibility scores are the highest.Keywords: Cyberbullying sensibility, information security, stepwise regression analysis