Effect of cyber bullying on the distrust levels of preservice teachers: considering internet addiction as a mediating Variable | Zendy

İbrahima H. Çankaya | Zendy; Çetin Tan | Zendy

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Effect of cyber bullying on the distrust levels of preservice teachers: considering internet addiction as a mediating Variable

Author(s) -

İbrahima H. Çankaya,

Çetin Tan

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

procedia computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334

H-Index - 76

ISSN - 1877-0509

DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2011.01.015

Subject(s) - distrust , the internet , addiction , cyber bullying , psychology , computer science , world wide web , psychiatry , psychotherapist

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of cyber bullying on the distrust levels among the final year university students by considering the intermediary effect of internet addiction. The study group comprises preservice teachers who were senior year students at the Firat University Education Faculty in Elaziğ city, Turkey during the spring term of 2009–2010 academic year. Cyber bullying of preservice teachers directly impacts their distrust levels at the 0.24 level. However, when internet addiction was included in the model as a mediating variable, the direct impact of cyber bullying on distrust decreased to 0.14. Therefore, it is evident that when cyber bullying is mediated by internet addiction, its impact on the distrust levels of preservice teachers is more significant

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