ERIC Number: EJ1090814
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Feb
Pages: 9
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The Mediator Effect of Loneliness between Perceived Social Competence and Cyber Bullying in Turkish Adolescents
Sariçam, Hakan; Yaman, Erkan; Çelik, Ismail
International Journal of Progressive Education, v12 n1 p99-107 Feb 2016
The purpose of this research was to examine whether loneliness might play a mediating role between perceived social competence and cyberbullying in Turkish adolescents. The participants were 326 high school students who completed a questionnaire package that included the Cyberbullying Scale, the Perceived Social Competence Scale, and the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Relationships between loneliness, social competence and cyberbullying were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and predictions of each variable by the domains of the other were calculated with Linear Regression Analysis (LRA). Findings showed that perceived social competence, cyberbullying and self-efficacy were related to each other's. Hierarchical Regression Analysis results indicated that loneliness partially mediated the relationship between perceived social competence and school burnout.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Competence, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Adolescents, Regression (Statistics), Correlation, High School Students, Likert Scales, Surveys
International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: UCLA Loneliness Scale
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