The relationship between internet addiction and cyberbullying and cyber victimization among university students

In this study, the relationship between internet addiction, cyberbullying and cyber victimization among university students and the extent to whivh these variables differ with openings such as gender, age, how many hours of internet was used in a day, educatinal status of the mother, the educational status of the father and the purpses for which social networks were used more. The research was carried out with the participation of 380 university students. Young Internet Addiction Scale (YİBO), Revised Cyber Bullying Scale for University Student and sociodemographic information form were used to obtain the data. It was found that cyberbullying behaviors of male students are higher than female students. According to the educational level of the father, the problems arising from the student's being online, their preference to go online and increasing the time to be online differ significantly. It was understood that the students whose father's education lvel was high school had higher internet addiction scores than the students whose secondary education. According to the other findings obtained from the research, the scores of students who use the internet for 7 hours and above prefer to go online on a dailt basis differ significantly. It has been concluded that there is a positive correlation between internet addiction, cyberbullying and cyber victimization.