Abstract
Traditional bullying and victimization are being slowly converted through electronic media in the 21st Century. It occurs on mobile phones, computers, and social media, through their communication ways. The globe and universe are also being covered by electronic resources daily. Mobile phones are one of them that are frequently involved in human life. Mobile phones are resources for all necessary and unnecessary work in human life. Unnecessary work done by perpetrators may be supported and contribute to cyber-bullying that costs human lives. Current findings are storming to all the researchers that web human culture is the center of both cyber-bullies and victims. Cyber-bullies and victims have different dimensions on different factors during different age groups. In this study, a group of cyberbullies and victims have been shown to differ in adolescence about self-esteem. Adolescence is increasingly involved in cyber-bullying and cyber victims according to previous research. This study examined the prevalence and significant relationship of cyber-bullying/victims and how they are related to one’s sense of esteem. The convenience-based sample was used of 150 young adolescents with an equal ratio of male-female participants (50% being females and males between 16-27 years). Results found that cyber-bullying and victims are strongly associated with low self-esteem. Gender and marital status are significantly correlated with cyber-bullying and self-esteem. These findings suggest that cyber-bullying research should investigate all student levels in a longitudinal and crosssectional manner to determine the deep factors of cyber-bullying and self-esteem. Future perspectives and limitations are covered.
Keywords: Adolescence, Cyber-Bullying, Cyber Victim, Self-esteem.