Background and Rationale

When we hear the word “cyber” we immediately think of technology and internet, and since
the age of technology came and helped the human beings progress to its current position to the
world which is on top. We humans combined ourselves with technology for our own sake and
some would say that we abused it to gain power and knowledge. Internet has also become
reliable incomes of information by which parents from all around the world acknowledge it by
letting their children use the internet for school research, assignments, projects, etc. Kids
became expert and adult were clueless, people would use it for fun, entertainment, and the
most disturbing one is to bully or hurt someone’s feeling through social media or any other
platform.
All friends make fun of each other, but it can be difficult to tell whether someone is joking or
trying to hurt you, especially online. They'll sometimes laugh it off with a "just kidding" or a
"don't take it so seriously." However, if you are hurt or believe that others are laughing at you
rather than with you, the joke has gone too far. If it continues after you have asked the person
to stop and you are still upset, this could be bullying. When bullying occurs online, it can attract
unwanted attention from a wide range of people, including strangers. If you are unhappy about
something, you should not have to do it.
Statement of the Problem

This study looked into how undergraduate students' intellectual, social, and emotional growth
was impacted by cyberbullying. Its goal is to provide more information and understanding of
how cyberbullying affects several factors influencing undergraduate students. The primary
findings are that although the existence of cyberbullying has been established, research on this
issue among undergraduate students has not yet reached its full potential. Future study should
pay specific focus to this population. The findings of this study suggest that undergraduate
students' intellectual, social, and emotional growth is impacted by cyberbullying. The findings'
additional implications are presented. Fraping is another form of cyberbullying in which
someone impersonates the victim on social media in an effort to be amusing or harm their
reputation. Dissing is when someone spreads hurtful material online in an effort to damage
their reputation or friendships.
The act of trolling involves disparaging someone online in an effort to elicit a response.
Catfishing is the practice of using someone else's stolen online identity to fraudulently create
new social networking profiles. A good example of this would be signing up for services in the
victim's name so that the victim receives emails or other offers for potentially humiliating things
like gay-rights publications or incontinence treatment. Phishing is a technique that involves
duping, convincing, or manipulating the target into disclosing sensitive financial and/or
personal information.
Objectiveness Of the Study
Theoretical Framework

Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person. Online
threats and mean, aggressive, or rude texts, tweets, posts, or messages all count. So does posting
personal information, pictures, or videos designed to hurt or embarrass someone else. Smith et al.
(2008) defined cyberbullying as an “aggressive intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using
electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or
herself” (p. 376). The literature suggests that cyberbullied victims generally manifest psychological
problems such as depression, loneliness, low self-esteem, school phobias and social anxiety (Greene,
2003; Juvonen et al., 2003; Akcil, 2018). Moreover, research findings have shown that cyberbullying
causes emotional and physiological damage to defenseless victims (Akbulut and Eristi, 2011) as well as
psychosocial difficulties including behavior problems (Ybarra and Mitchell, 2007), drinking alcohol (Selkie
et al., 2015), smoking, depression, and low commitment to academics (Ybarra and Mitchell, 2007).

Under great emotional stress, victims of cyberbullying are unable to concentrate on their studies, and
thus their academic progress is adversely affected (Akcil, 2018). Since the victims are often hurt
psychologically, the depressive effect of cyberbullying prevents students from excelling in their studies
(Faryadi, 2011). Taking some smart precautions can help you stop cyberbullying before it starts. Keep
personal information personal. Don’t reveal identifying details about yourself—address, phone number,
school, credit card number, etc.—online. Passwords exist for a reason; sharing them with friends is like
passing out copies of your house key to friends and strangers alike. Make the most of privacy settings.
Investigate what measures you can take to keep content private on the websites you use.
Conceptual Framework

TECHNOLOGY

INTERNET CELLPHONE

CYBERBULLYING

CAUSE EFFECTS PREVENTION

Significance of the Study
The following may be noteworthy and benefited by the study on "the effects of cyberbullying among
senior high school students of holy cross college of Sasa, Inc.":

Student. With the help of this research, they can improve their mental abilities because they are luckier
than those who are bullied and they will be able to know what is the harm of this type of bullying.

Parents. Through this research, parents will be able to learn that they must have a spirit of dedication
and responsibility as a mentor and role model for their children. And only with this study will they know
how to handle their children who are depressed due to bullying.

Definition of Terms
Certain terms need to be defined in this study for clarity and understanding, and these are:

Bullying. is the use of force, intimidation, or coercion to abuse, threaten, or provoke another
person.
Bully. someone who uses force or power to hurt or intimidate those who are weaker.
Victim. the so-called "bullied" a weak person.
Cyberbullying. Involves the use of information and communication technologies such as e-mail,
mobile phone text messages and pagers, instant messaging, defamatory personal websites and
survey sites personal online defamation, to support the intentional, repetitive, and hostile
behavior of an individual or group, intended to harm others.
Screen Name. is a compound name that people use to identify themselves. These names are
often not close to the person's real name and are prone to change.
Social Media. websites and applications that allow users to create and share content or
participate in social networks.

Scope and Limitation of the Study

The purpose of this study is to offer potential solutions to the following cyberbullying issues. The
following questions will be answered by some of the selected senior high school students at Holy cross
College of Sasa, Inc. to find out what their opinions or reactions are on this matter and the potential
result of the answers. Researchers have discovered that some students in their school had already
experienced it, so they tend to know what are the possible ways to prevent the growth of cyber bullying
occurring in their school.
Review of the Related Literature

Foreign Literature
According to the study of Sharon Padgett and Jessica Roden, the word cyber bullying did not
even exist a decade ago, yet the problem has become a pervasive one today. Cyber bullies do
not have to be strong or fast; they just need access to a cell phone or computer and a desire to
terrorize. Anyone can be a cyber-bully, and such persons usually have few worries about having
face-to-face confrontation with their victims. In fact, the anonymity of cyber bullying may cause
students who normally would not bully in the tradition-sense to become a cyber-bully.
According to the “Bullying and Cyber bullying: History, statistics, law, prevention, and analysis”
by Richard Donegan of Elon University in America, Technology’s progression is often equated
with the advancement of human societies. Pivotal innovations, such as the Internet, have
forever changed how people interact. Though these developments have allowed the human
race to make great strides in many fields, they have also allowed forms of transgression to
become more rampant and widespread. This is evident when considering how traditional
bullying has evolved into an issue today known as cyber bullying. While bullying and cyber
bullying are often similar in terms of form and technique, they also have many differences.
Unlike traditional bullying, cyberbullying allows the offender to mask his or her identity behind
a computer. This anonymity makes it easier for the offender to strike blows against a victim
without having to see the victim’s physical response. The distancing effect that technological
devices have on today’s youth often leads them to say and do crueler things compared to what
is typical in a traditional face-to-face bullying situation.
According to Mesch (2009), cyber bullying emerges most commonly from relationship
problems (break-ups, envy, intolerance, and ganging up); victims experience
powerfully negative effects (especially on their social well-being); and the reactive behavior
from schools and students is generally inappropriate, absent, or ineffective Smith et al
(2008),found in line with Raskauskas and Stoltz (2007), that cyber victims had also
often been traditional victims, and cyber bullies had often been traditional bullies; many
traditional victims or bullies were not cyber victims or bullies, since cyber bullying is
substantially less frequency victims are more dependent upon the internet, feel less popular,
take more internet-related risks, are more often a bystander and perpetrator of internet and
mobile phone bullying, and are less often a perpetrator and more often a victim of traditional
bullying.
According to Guilia Mura, Cidgem Topcu, Ozgur Erdur-Baker of Middle East University, the
study underlined a high occurrence of ICT usage and the experience of both cyber bullying
and cyber victimization among two samples. It seems likely that cyber bullying and
victimization may be more connected to the use of ICT than nationality and cultural factors,
as Italian and Turkish seem to share very close experiences in the usage of ICT. Moreover, while
previous studies usually detected cyber bullying and victimization among secondary school
students, the research shows the presence of such phenomena also in older and more
educated age groups.
According to from classroom to “chat room: perception of cyber bullying in Hong Kong schools”
by university of
Hong Kong, Bullying has been recognized for a long time, but a question remains about the
seriousness of traditional bullying and cyber bullying in Hong Kong. Moreover, it is essential to
explore whether there are any changing patterns between traditional bullying and cyber
bullying. Thus, the following is going to analyze the seriousness of bullying in Hong Kong and try
to determine whether any prediction can be made on the trend of traditional bullying and
cyberbullying. Wong suggested that school banding is related to school bullying and that
schools with higher academic achievements have less bullying. He also explained that students
with better academic results may have some personality characteristics such as high
conscientiousness, obedience and self-discipline which are contrary to bullying.