<p>Cyberbullying victimization is a worldwide phenomenon, studied comparatively to a lesser extent in developing nations. There is a lack of empirical evidence on cyberbullying prevalence at a national scale from developing countries. This study employs questionnaire-based survey to gauge the cyberbullying victimization of university going students across Pakistan. Multistage stratified sampling was used and data were gathered from 12 cities which were geographically distributed in three provinces of Pakistan. Pearson’s Chi-square analysis was performed on a sample of 774 responses with respect to demographics, socioeconomic and digital divide variables. The results revealed that males were cyberbullied more while no differences were found with regards to urban/rural area of living. Moreover, highest differences were found in digital divide variables with students having more access to the Internet in terms of different places and frequency were cyberbullied more. The findings hold implications for law enforcement agencies to increase number of cybercrime cells in poor cities of the country. For higher education institutes, the results imply that anti-bullying training programs be tailored as per digital divide and socio-economic status of the individuals.</p>

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Cyberbullying victimization among university students- a national study of Pakistan

  • Sumera Saleem,
  • Naurin Farooq Khan,
  • Saad Zafar,
  • Musharraf Ahmed

摘要

Cyberbullying victimization is a worldwide phenomenon, studied comparatively to a lesser extent in developing nations. There is a lack of empirical evidence on cyberbullying prevalence at a national scale from developing countries. This study employs questionnaire-based survey to gauge the cyberbullying victimization of university going students across Pakistan. Multistage stratified sampling was used and data were gathered from 12 cities which were geographically distributed in three provinces of Pakistan. Pearson’s Chi-square analysis was performed on a sample of 774 responses with respect to demographics, socioeconomic and digital divide variables. The results revealed that males were cyberbullied more while no differences were found with regards to urban/rural area of living. Moreover, highest differences were found in digital divide variables with students having more access to the Internet in terms of different places and frequency were cyberbullied more. The findings hold implications for law enforcement agencies to increase number of cybercrime cells in poor cities of the country. For higher education institutes, the results imply that anti-bullying training programs be tailored as per digital divide and socio-economic status of the individuals.