Cyberbullying And Religion

The research question of the article is what is the role of spiritual faith as a mediating variable in cyberbullying at a college level? They picked this topic for research because of the lack of research on college level cyberbullying and the effect of religion on it. To define cyberbullying it is any negative interaction among peers on any social media site. The researchers choose to get the answer for their question from a survey which is an example of a qualitative method. The survey took place at a small faith based university and it was distributed and collected at the beginning of different classes around campus. 282 total students took the survey, 161 of them were female and 121 of them were male. The classes were chosen in the hope
to get a good representation of all students around campus.
The survey found that 78.5% of the students reported to be non-victims of cyberbullying, 2.5 reported to have some intensity of cyberbullying, 16.8% however responded with only a little, and 20% admitted to posting harmful things about other people online. The researchers found that people being cyberbullied in high school or at a larger risk for being cyberbullied in college. Also studies have shown that faith among youth is connected to less drug use and more self-control. They also reported that a respondent’s level of faith significantly influenced the reports on cyberbullying. There is limitations on using this information because information could change based on the size, and location. It could also be limited do to the fact the students were not chosen at random.