Internet Addiction and Its Relationship to Cyberbullying as Perceived by Victims among a Sample of University Students in the United Arab Emirates
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https://doi.org/10.56989/benkj.v5i9.1596Keywords:
Internet addiction, cyberbullying, cybervictimization, university students, United Arab EmiratesAbstract
This study aims to explore the relationship between internet addiction and exposure to cyberbullying as perceived by victims among a sample of university students in the United Arab Emirates. To achieve this, the study's measures were applied to a sample of 146 university students. The results revealed a weak positive correlation between the two research variables. The results also showed no gender-related differences in either variable. Conversely, the results showed that students in scientific majors suffer more from internet addiction and are more exposed to cyberbullying (as victims).
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