EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING ON STUDENT SUCCESS

The level of diversity among colleges and universities is at its greatest level. This level of diversity has proven to be beneficial in several key areas for all students. With this increase in diversity, there have been other consequences as well. One form of bullying, cyberbullying, has been on the rise due to greater use of technology, increase of social media platforms, accessibility of smartphones and a shift from in-person instruction to virtual instruction. Although copious amounts of research can be conducted on cyberbullying on adolescents, there is a deficiency of information on whether cyberbullying exists within higher education as well as the impact it may have on students. This was a mixed methods study which included a survey of the undergraduate population within a university on the east coast of the United States. There were a total of 148 survey respondents and four interviews conducted. The findings indicate that that cyberbullying does, in fact, exist within colleges and universities at the undergraduate level. In addition, different groups of people experience cyberbullying at different levels and frequencies. Also, it has been noted that cyberbullying impacts these different groups in a variety of different ways. Some groups were not impacted at all, while others were impacted a great deal. The implications from this study demonstrate that there is the need for improvement in a couple of key areas pertaining to policy and practice. Those areas are the training for faculty staff and administration, support services and additional programming available for students.

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Temple University. Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Sheridan, Michael F.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Stull, Judith C., 1944-

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Davis, James Earl, 1960-
• Boyer, Jean A.
• Altschuler, Benjamin

• Higher education
• Behavioral psychology
• Education policy
• Bullying
• Cyberbullying
• Social media

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/7658

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