Cyberbullying Behavior and Coping Strategies of Youths in Yala Province
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The objectives of this research were 1) to investigate online exposure behavior, 2) to examine cyberbullying behavior, 3) to study coping strategies with cyberbullying of youths in Yala Province, 4) to examine the relationship between online exposure behavior, cyberbullying behavior and coping strategies with cyberbullying, and 5) to develop video clip to cope with cyberbullying. This study was survey research involving 362 youths in Yala Province selected through a random sampling technique. The research instruments were a questionnaire and an assessment form of video clip efficiency. The results showed that online exposure behavior of youths in Yala Province was at a moderate level (M = 3.36, SD = 0.62). Cyberbullying among youths in the province was also at a moderate level (M = 2.77, SD = 1.37) while coping strategies employred by the youths to deal with cyberbullying was at a high level (M = 3.54, SD = 1.15). Besides, the correlation coefficient of online exposure behavior and cyberbullying behavior was .329 while that of cyberbullying behavior and coping strategies was .264, that which was in the same direction. Moreover, the results of the video clip development showed that the broadcast video clip on coping strategies for cyberbullying was at the highest efficiency level (M = 4.75, SD = 0.36).
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