Impacts and Proper Responses of Cyberbullying in Youth
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Online is an important channel to communicate in the present. Meanwhile, it may cause cyberbullying that damages and hurts others’ feelings. This study consists of two parts, the comparative study of cyberbullying from literature reviews and from workshops. The objectives are to provide knowledge and to study experiences of being cyberbullied from samples of high school and undergraduate students in 6 institutions in Chiang Mai including Fangchanupathum school, Sansai Wittayakom school, Montfort college, Chiang Mai University, Thailand National sports University and Chiang Mai Rajabhat University. The comparative results show that the frequencies of cyberbullying in Thailand and other countries are not different. The factors relating cyberbullying include gender, age, internet usage, psychological factors and parents. When being cyberbullied, it affects mental, feelings, social and study of the victims. Moreover, the results indicate that the pre-test scores of high school students are higher than those of undergraduate students. The knowledge and understanding about cyberbullying of participants are increased with statistically significant. The results of workshops reflect the achievement of providing knowledge and understanding in cyberbullying. Therefore, providing knowledge and proper responses of cyberbullying for youths is a vital channel to reduce cyberbullying problems.
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