Cyberbullying and Parental Monitoring Among  Secondary School Students

Sajeeth Kumar Gopalakrishnan; Tenah Muthirakkalayil

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| Published: December 25, 2016

Cyberbullying and Parental Monitoring Among Secondary School Students

Sajeeth Kumar Gopalakrishnan

Ph.D, Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Tenah Muthirakkalayil

Student Counselor, The Central School, Dubai Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.072/20160401

DOI: 10.25215/0401.072

ABSTRACT

This study examined the association of cyber bullying behaviour with parental monitoring of secondary school students. The sample was 600 school students selected from four different states of south India. A stratified random sampling technique was employed. Measure of cyber bullying and online aggression survey by Hinduja & Patchin (2009) and the Parental Monitoring Scale (Small and Kerns, 1993) to respondent. Data collected were analyzed using t-test and correlation. The results indicate that students with low or less level of parental monitoring are more involved in cyberbullying then the other students.

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Cyberbullying, Parental monitoring and Students

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How to cite this article: S Gopalakrishnan, T Muthirakkalayil (2016), Cyberbullying and Parental Monitoring Among Secondary School Students, International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4 (1), DIP:18.01.072/20160304,DOI: 10.25215/0401.072