Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth

Cyberbullying has emerged of late as a serious issue, especially among the most active internet users in Malaysia – youths. As the number of related studies is still lacking, the present study aims to determine the predictors of cyberbullying among youths in Malaysia. The study is quantitative in na...

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Main Authors: Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali, Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah, Siti Zobaidah, Omar, Haslinda, Abdullah, Aminah, Ahmad, Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril
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spelling my.unimas.ir.418982023-06-06T06:43:59Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41898/ Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah Siti Zobaidah, Omar Haslinda, Abdullah Aminah, Ahmad Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril BF Psychology Cyberbullying has emerged of late as a serious issue, especially among the most active internet users in Malaysia – youths. As the number of related studies is still lacking, the present study aims to determine the predictors of cyberbullying among youths in Malaysia. The study is quantitative in nature and in total had involved 400 youths aged between 18 to 40 years old. The findings suggest that predictors such as age, loneliness, self-esteem, and empathy yielded significant relationship with cyberbullying, while males were predominantly reported to perpetrate cyberbullying than females. Several recommendations were highlighted and hopefully, it can assist any concerned parties in developing concrete strategies to reduce cyberbullying cases among youths in Malaysia further. UNIMAS Publisher 2020-03-31 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41898/1/Predictors%20of%20Cyberbullying%20among%20Malaysian%20Youth-1.pdf Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali and Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah and Siti Zobaidah, Omar and Haslinda, Abdullah and Aminah, Ahmad and Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril (2020) Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 6 (1). pp. 67-80. ISSN 2550-1623 https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1518 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1518.2020
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Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali
Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah
Siti Zobaidah, Omar
Haslinda, Abdullah
Aminah, Ahmad
Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril
Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth
description Cyberbullying has emerged of late as a serious issue, especially among the most active internet users in Malaysia – youths. As the number of related studies is still lacking, the present study aims to determine the predictors of cyberbullying among youths in Malaysia. The study is quantitative in nature and in total had involved 400 youths aged between 18 to 40 years old. The findings suggest that predictors such as age, loneliness, self-esteem, and empathy yielded significant relationship with cyberbullying, while males were predominantly reported to perpetrate cyberbullying than females. Several recommendations were highlighted and hopefully, it can assist any concerned parties in developing concrete strategies to reduce cyberbullying cases among youths in Malaysia further.
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author Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali
Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah
Siti Zobaidah, Omar
Haslinda, Abdullah
Aminah, Ahmad
Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril
author_facet Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali
Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah
Siti Zobaidah, Omar
Haslinda, Abdullah
Aminah, Ahmad
Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril
author_sort Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali
title Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth
title_short Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth
title_full Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth
title_fullStr Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth
title_full_unstemmed Predictors of Cyberbullying among Malaysian Youth
title_sort predictors of cyberbullying among malaysian youth
publisher UNIMAS Publisher
publishDate 2020
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41898/1/Predictors%20of%20Cyberbullying%20among%20Malaysian%20Youth-1.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41898/
https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1518
https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1518.2020
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