Relationship between cyber bullying, cyber victimization and psychological distress among college students of Jammu District

Background: As a result of current technology developments, cyber bullying has become a major problem. It's a new type of peer violence in which one or more people threaten one other person using a technological medium. Because college students have more autonomy, less obligations, and more freedom, they are more vulnerable to cyber bullying.

Aim: The purpose of the present study is to look at the differences and relationships between cyber bullying, cyber victimization, and psychological distress among male and female students in Jammu, J&K. It has a total of 200 pupils, 100 of whom are males and 100 of whom are females. The data was collected using an incidental sampling approach.

Methods: Independent t-test and Pearson correlation were used for carrying out differences and relationship respectively.

Results: The findings of the study show a significant gender difference between male and female students on the variables of cyber bullying and victimization, whereas non-significant gender difference was found on the variable of psychological distress. Correlation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between cyber bullying, cyber victimization and psychological distress among male students, whereas non-significant positive correlation was found among female students on the variables of cyber bullying, cyber victimization and psychological distress.

Conclusion: Mean score of male students on the variables of cyber bullying, victimization and psychological distress is more than female students. This can be suggested that the male students are more prone to cyber bullying and cyber victimization, whereas both male and female are equally prone to psychological distress.