Epidemiology of Traditional and Cyber Bullying in Students of Birjand City

The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of cyber and traditional bullying among students in Birjand city. The statistical population of this research includes all students of public universities, medical sciences, etc. in Birjand city. The sample of this research included ۱۴۳ students (۳۷ men and ۱۰۶ women). In this research, the cyber and traditional bullying questionnaire (Bcs-A) by Hanatomas et al. (۲۰۱۸) was used. Data analysis was done with one-sample t-test, Friedman's analysis of variance, U-MannWhitney and Pearson's correlation coefficient and using SPSS-۲۷ software. The results showed that the observed average of physical and cyber bullying and victimization among the participants is significantly lower than the theoretical average. Comparison of the average ratings showed that physical victimization, physical bullying, cyber victimization, and cyber bullying have the highest to lowest ratings, respectively, and the differences are statistically significant (P<۰.۰۰۱). The other results showed that there were significant gender differences in physical and cyber bullying and cyber victimization (P<۰.۰۱) and men have a higher average than women. Finally, there is a significant difference between single and married students and native and non-native students. There is no physical and cyber bullying and victimization (P<۰.۰۵). There was no significant relationship between age and physical and cyber bullying and victimization (P<۰.۰۵).

کلیدواژه ها:

Epidemiology ، Traditional ، Cyber Bullying ، Students