Cyberbullying and Emotional Intelligence among Senior Secondary School-going Adolescents of Sikkim

Abstract

Cyberbullying is any kind of intentional harassment with the intent to harm others that are carried out via smartphones, the internet, and digital technologies. The objective of the present study is to study the relationship between cyberbullying and different dimensions of emotional intelligence and also to study the gender differences in cyberbullying and different dimensions of emotional intelligence among school going adolescents. For the purpose, 170 adolescents, 85 males and 85 females were selected according to the purpose and the convenience of the researcher. Participants completed three set of form: Section A includes demographic information, Section B includes Cyber- Aggressor Scale (CYB-AGS), to assess cyberbullying behaviour among adolescent and Section C includes Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24), to assess different dimensions of emotional intelligence. The results obtained show that there is no relationship between cyberbullying and different dimensions of emotional intelligence. No significant gender difference was observed in cyberbullying as well as in the different dimensions of emotional intelligence among school-going adolescents.