Effects Of Cyberbullying On Mental Health Of High School Students:Adjustment And Intervention Of Coping Styles

Cyberbullying(CB)is an intentionally aggressive behavior that an individual or a group harms another using technology(e.g.e-mail,webpage).With the popularity of the Internet,cyberbullying emerges in endlessly.Studies had shown that victimization was associated with serious psychosocial problems.Currently,only a few studies focused on cyber-victimization(CBV)in the psychological domain:(1)Lacking of thorough measurement about cyberbullying: the present CBV questionnaires often included a scale to measure cyberbullying,with few questions,It's not comprehensive to research on the situation of CBV.Previous questionnaires inspected from communication forms,lacking practical significance of CBV for guidance.(2)Only a few studies had investigated CBV and its affect on health of the victim.Previous study focused on demographic variables such as gender and age,to analyze which group have greater impact,and little guidance was offered for further intervention by previous studies.(3)There was poor intervention for the CBV students,and it can't provide reference for teachers who are teaching at school.Because of it,this paper divided into three parts.The first part,from the content and degree,developed a CBV questionnaire on high school students,for the sake of providing guidance for intervention.Based on that,the second part examined how cyberbullying affect their mental health from the coping style.And then,the third part took group counseling on CBV students' coping styles.Results:(1)As a valid,reliable scale,the CBV embraces 3 perspectives and 15 items,its internal consistency reliability: 0.941;split-half reliability: 0.029.It can be used as a measurement tool for CBV students in high school.(2)CBV had a significant negative predictive effect on mental health of high school students;positive coping style had a significantly negative moderating effect between CBV in high school and mental health in;negative coping style had a significantly positive moderating effect.(3)We can improve high school CBV students' coping styles through group intervention,and improve their level of mental health.