The Study of relationship between Cyber Bullying and Depression among Junior High School students, Secondary Educational Service Area Office 1, Surat Thani Province
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Cyber Bullying, Depression, Junior High School StudentsAbstract
This descriptive study aimed to 1) examine the Cyber Bullying and depression in Junior High School students, Secondary Educational Service Area Office 1, Surat Thani Province, 2) examine the relationship between cyber bullying and depression in Junior High School students, Secondary Educational Service Area Office 1, Surat Thani Province. The population consisted of 354 sample, Junior High school students. In the Office of the Secondary Education Service Area 1, Surat Thani Province, in the academic year 2024, were selected by multi-stage sample sampling. The research instruments used in this study were the Cyber bullying Questionnaire with a tool reliability of 0.97 and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) with a tool reliability of 0.84. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation coefficient to analyze the relationship.
The research results showed that 1) 354 samples, or 100 percent, had been Cyber Bullying (Mean=29.86, SD.=13.58) and 233 samples, or 65.82 percent, had depression (Mean=18.38, SD.=7.88).2) Cyberbullying was significantly related to depression at the .01 level (rs=.218, p<.01). The results of this research can help individuals and related agencies to pay attention to the problem of Cyber bullying to prevent violence and reducing the incidence of depression or other mental health conditions.
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