Cyberbullying Awareness Training for Secondary School Students

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Cyberbullying Awareness Training Given to Secondary School Students

The study will be conducted with the randomized controlled experimental method. The purpose of this research is to determine the cyberbullying awareness training given to 7th-grade secondary school students' awareness levels of cyberbullying. Students will be randomly assigned to groups by lottery method. After the randomization students in the intervention group will be given 'Cyberbullying Awareness Training'. The cyberbullying awareness level of all students will be determined with the 'Cyberbullying Awareness Scale' before and 3 months after the training. Students in the control group will not be educated. The cyberbullying awareness level of the students in the control group will be determined with the 'Cyberbullying Awareness Scale' when they are included in the research and 3 months later.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being between the ages of 12 and 14,
• No auditory, visual, or mental problems that would affect communication
• Speaking and understanding Turkish at native level

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being younger than 12 years old and older than 14 years old,
• Having auditory, visual, or mental problems that would affect communication
• Not speaking and understanding Turkish at native level