Students' opinions about problematic internet use and cyber bullying behaviors

The aim of this study to investigating the opinions of vocational training high school studensts' about problematic internet use and cyberbullying behavior in Bolu. This study is a descriptive research; the participants are composed of 563 studens who are attending 10th and 12th grades. Datas were collected at Mimar İzzet Baysal Tecnical and Industrial Vacational High School, Merkez Tecnical and Industrial Vocational High School, Behiye Baysal Commercial and Vocational High School, Bolu Commercial and Vocational High School and Zübeyde Hanım Tecnical and Industrial Vacational High School for Girls, in Bolu. "Personal Information Form", "Problematic Internet Use Scale" and "Cyber Bullying Scale" were used to obtain the datas. Desciriptive statistics, T-test, One Way ANOVA, Tukey HSD Test and Multiple Linear Regression techniques were used in analyzing the datas. According to the research results, students problematic internet use levels centered at "Quite Appropriate", cyber bullying levels centered at "Occasionally". Also, students mostly signed "Quite Appropriate" for Negative Effecets of Internet and Social Benefits, sub-scales of Problematic Internet Use Scale. For Excessive Using sub-scale students mostly signed "Somewhat Appropriate". In terms of gender, problematic internet use degrees and cyber bullying degrees of attenders showed statistical difference. For both conceps, male students got significantly higher degrees than famele students. In terms of age, there were not significantly difference. Within sub-scales of Problematic Internet Use Scale (Social Benefits, Excessive Using and Negative Effects of Internet), significantly difference were found according to spent time on internet. Students who use internet 0-3 hours got higher points than students who use internet 3-6 hours and 6-plus hours, in terms of Problematical Internet Use and it's sub-scale. Additionally, there was not difference between students who use internet 3-6 hours and 6-plus hours. According to spent time on internet, statistical difference were found for cyber bullying concept. Cyber bullying level of students who use internet 0-3 hours was lower than students who use internet 3-6 and 6-plus hours. Also there was not difference between students who use internet 3-6 hours and 6-plus hours according to cyber bullying level. At the result of regression analysis, time spent on internet and problematic internet use explained %13,8 of total variance of cyber bullying.