Psychological Effectsof Cyber Bullying

Abstract

The research aimed to investigate the psychological effects (depression and anxiety) among influenced. Hundred participants in the of ninth, tenth and intermediate people who are cyber bullied and to what extent they age range of 13-18 years, with fifty males and fifty females classes were selected. Depression was evaluated using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) while are anxiety was tested through Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Independent variable t-test was used to measure the difference of anxiety and depression. Convenience sampling was used to select participants. Mean result showed that people in the condition where personal data was misused experienced greater anxiety with value 2.1429 where as people who suffered from other type of cyber bullying experienced less anxiety with value 1.7595. Similarly mean value for depression is 2.1429 where personal data was misused and people who experienced other types of cyber bullying the value is 1.5949. The correlation also shows that females suffer from more anxiety and depression when cyber bullied as compared to males, with values for depression 1.5400 for males and 1.8800 for females and values for anxiety 1.5800 for males and 2.1000 for females.