Findings and Recommendation

The results show that 20% of participants felt the effect of cyberbullying at least two months before admission. As for the medium of bullying, half were bullied over Facebook and half over text messages. Exposure to social media and the internet do not affect the level of bullying someone experiences.

Furthermore, the results show that the victims of cyberbullies had significantly higher severity of mental illness. Most significantly, this increase in severity was prominent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anger, depression, and fantasy dissociation.

These findings are consistent with previous research and they suggest an existence of a systematic problem. Because of this, the researchers from this study, recommend that psychiatrist and psychologist ask their patients about the issue. That is, they should check if the patients went through cyberbullying because it can account for the severity of symptoms.

Not only that, but the results also suggest victims of cyberbullying experience different forms of bullying outside of social media. Researchers suggest that these findings may help develop specific forms of intervention that can help in treatment and prevention.

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