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To evaluate the prevalence of cyberbullying across social media and online gaming platforms and identify associated risk factors among Chinese college students.

April 30, 2021International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

Cyberbullying in Social Media and Online Games among Chinese College Students and Its Associated Factors

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JHJinyu HuangHangzhou First People's Hospital ZZZhaohao ZhongShantou University HZHaoyuan ZhangFujian Medical University

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Cross-sectional survey uncovers high rates of cyberbullying in college students, indicating that gaming habits, anxiety, and internet addiction elevate online harassment risks.

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To evaluate the prevalence of cyberbullying across social media and online gaming platforms and identify associated risk factors among Chinese college students.
Conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire survey using cluster random sampling among students (grades 1–5, age range 15–25, mean age 20.43 ± 1.513 years) across two colleges in Shantou, China.
Evaluated sociodemographic details, social media and online gaming cyberbullying, self-esteem, anxiety symptoms, and Internet addiction using univariate screening followed by binary logistic regression models.
Cyberbullying victimization was reported by 64.32% of participants, and 25.98% reported engaging in cyberbullying perpetration during the semester.
Multivariable analysis identified significant associations between cyberbullying involvement and gender, anxiety symptoms, Internet addiction, total game time, and exposure to violent gaming elements.

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Huang et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11bec94bf0131c39178bb3 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094819

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Cross-sectional survey uncovers high rates of cyberbullying in college students, indicating that gaming habits, anxiety, and internet addiction elevate online harassment risks.

Cyberbullying in Social Media and Online Games among Chinese College Students and Its Associated Factors

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