THE IMPACTS AND EFFECTS OF CYBER BULLYING TO THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF THE SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN HOLY ROSARY ACADEMY

OF LAS PINAS CITY

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

The research will discuss an open issue which is timely as the world tries to

continuously survive amidst of the growing cases of harassment online. The

researchers claim that the majority victims of cyber bullying are mostly students that

now have a negative perception in education as the environment. Students are more

comfortable to study at school as the environment is focused on learning and social

interaction but because of bullying, some are forced to drop out or never interact with

people. According to Belsey (2004) "cyberbullying involves the use of information and

communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an

individual or group that is intended to harm others" (Belsey, 2004). In 2006, the National

Crime Prevention Council worked with Harris Interactive Inc., to create a study on

cyberbullying. The study found that 43% of the 824 middle school and high school-aged

students surveyed in the United States had been cyberbullied in the past year (cited in

Moessner, 2007). Cyberbullying is more likely than other forms of bUllying to go

unreported to parents and administrators. This is due to victims feeling they needed to

learn to deal with it themselves and also being afraid that if they tell their parents, their

internet privileges will be reduced or taken away. It has been found that 90% of

respondents in the Juvonen and Gross study (2008) reported not telling adults about

cyberbullying incidents due to these reasons. Victims of cyberbullying may experience

stress, low self-esteem, and depression. It has been found that cyberbullying can also
have extreme repercussions such as suicide and violence. Marr and Field (2001)

referred to suicide brought on by bullying as "bullycide" (Marr & Field, 2001, p. 1). As

stated by, (Cyberbullying.org/facts) Since 2002, we have surveyed over 25,000

elementary, middle, and high school students in fourteen different studies throughout

the United States. The first two studies were online exploratory samples used to obtain

a general understanding of the problem. As such, the numbers obtained are higher than

average and not representative because they only include online teens who volunteered

to participate. Our twelve most recent studies, however, have all been random samples

of known populations, so we can be fairly confident in the reliability and validity of the

data obtained (click here for more information about the methodology). Overall, about

27% of the teens we have surveyed over the last eleven studies have told us that they

have been cyberbullied at some point in their lifetimes. About 10% said they were

cyberbullied in the 30 days preceding the survey. Similarly, about 16% of those who we

surveyed admitted that they had cyberbullied others at some point in their lifetimes

(about 6% in the most recent 30 days). In 2020 we surveyed 1,034 tweens (9-12 year-

olds) across the United States and found that about 15% of them had been cyberbullied

at some point in their lifetimes (about 3% had cyberbullied others). More detailed

information about our various studies involving teens (12- to 17-year-olds) can be

found here. Our recent study findings involving tweens (9- to 12-year-olds) can be

found here.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

This study aims to find out the Impacts and Effects of Cyber Bullying to the

Academic Performance of Senior High School Students of Holy Rosary Academy of Las
Pinas City in line to the scheme of learning and to determine whether students have

positive or negative view in this issue, whereby helps in understanding various attitudes,

affects, impacts and experience of students towards Cyber Bullying.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

TITLE: THE IMPACTS AND EFFECTS OF CYBER BULLYING TO THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF THE SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS IN HOLY ROSARY ACADEMY

OF LAS PINAS CITY

Statement of The Problem: The study aims to perceive the impacts and effects of

Cyber Bullying to the performance of Senior High School students of Holy Rosary

Academy of Las Pinas City

Specifically, it sought to answer:

1. How do Senior High School students of Holy Rosary Academy of Las Pinas City

cope up the traumatic experience caused by Cyber Bullying?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This research will benefit the students, parents and teachers, the school

administration, and future researchers by providing them succinct information, analysis,

and suggestions that will be of paramount importance to fully apprehend the students’

behavior triggers and causes by Cyber Bullying.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study will include the do Senior High School students of Holy Rosary

Academy of Las Pinas City who’s age is ranging from 17 and above and is willing to

help in the progress of this study. The participant in this study is also completely

voluntary.
 CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND THEORIES

As stated by, (Studycorgi.com) The growth and advancement of the digital space has led

to the emergence of cyberbullying, which is an aggressive online behaviour whereby victims

suffer from peer aggression (Michel & Heirman, 2011). This research aims at the

investigation of the impacts of cyberbullying in academics. Research and analysis show that

such bullying has damaging emotional and psychological effects to the victims such that it

hinders the academic productivity of learners. Instead of developing the youth, advanced

technology has created avenues for more stress on the learners through cyberbullying

(Elizabeth, 2010).

The results signify that cyber bullying indeed affected students academically as well as

emotionally. Ninetyfive percent of the participants (95%) denoted that they were scared

and worried about cyber bullying in the classrooms. The majority of the respondents

300(85%) were of the view that if concrete action was not taken to curb cyber bullying,

many students would be affected emotionally. Furthermore, the majority of the

respondents 255(70.8%) held the view that cyber bullying had an adverse effect on the

victims’ academic performance. Data collected from the parents 55 (22%) indicated that

their children are worried without apparent reasons. Parents further indicated that they

suspect cyber bullying might be the main cause of their mood change. Few parents

(10%) designated that their children are depressed most probably due to cyber bullying.
Results from observation specify that 35% of the population in the class showed sign of

worries on their faces. The instruments used to collect data were video recording, note

taking and digital photography. Many extra ordinary incidents such as students’ gesture,

facial expressions and body languages are simply selfexplanatory about difficulties they

face in the class. (Dr. Qais Faryadi, 2011, p 25.)

In the research of (Yehuda Peled, 2019), Moreover, research findings have shown that

cyberbullying causes emotional and physiological damage to defenseless victims

(Faryadi, 2011) as well as psychosocial problems including inappropriate behaviors,

drinking alcohol, smoking, depression and low commitment to academics (Walker et al.,

2011). The victims of cyberbullying, under great emotional stress, are unable to

concentrate on their studies, and thus their academic progress is adversely affected

(Faryadi, 2011). Since the victims are often hurt psychologically, the depressive effect of

cyberbullying prevents students from excelling in their studies (Faryadi, 2011). In a

Malaysian university study with 365 first year students, the majority of the participants

(85%) interviewed indicated that cyberbullying affected their academic performance,

specifically their grades (Faryadi, 2011). Also, 85% of the respondents agreed that

bullying caused a devastating impact on students' emotions and equally caused

unimaginable psychological problems among the victims. Heiman and Olenik-Shemesh

(2018) report that for students with learning disabilities, predictors

of cybervictimization were low social support, low self-perception, and being female,

whereas for students without learning disabilities, the predictors were low social

support, low well-being, and low body perception. The transition to academic institutions

is marked by complex challenges in emotional, social, and academic adjustment

environment is an important factor in academic performance and future achievement.

Undergraduate students are not only developing academically and intellectually, they

are also establishing and maintaining personal relationships, developing an identity,

deciding about a career and lifestyle, and maintaining personal health and wellness.

Many students are interacting with people from diverse backgrounds who hold different

values and making new friends. Some are also adapting to living away from home for

the very first time (Inkelas et al., 2007). The concept of academic development involves

not only academic abilities, but motivational factors, and institutional commitment.

Motivation to learn, taking actions to meet academic demands, a clear sense of

purpose, and general satisfaction with the academic environment are also important

components of the academic field (Lau, 2003).

METHODS

Research Instrument is important for collecting data in all types of research

methods. They are mainly used by researchers to collect reliable data which will later be

analyzed (Aina, 2004). This includes questionnaire, interviews, observations, focus

group discussion and experiment. The research instrument that the researchers used in

knowing the Impacts and Effects of Cyber Bullying to the student’s academic

performance City is survey questionnaires; this contains Multiple Choice Questions and

Likert Scale choices. Questions are to determine student personal understanding,

interpretation and acknowledgement towards online education. However, as the world is

still in the midst of a crisis, it is not feasible for the survey to be done naturally; instead
for the research to be done, the researchers used Google Forms as a medium to

conduct the survey. The study employed a descriptive research design. The main

purpose of this design is to describe a phenomenon and its characteristics. The

questions ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’ and ‘how’ are more priority rather than the question of

‘why something has happened. For that reason observation and survey tools are often

used to gather data (Gall, Gall, & Borg, 2007). The researchers utilized descriptive

research to investigate the Impacts and Effects of Cyber Bullying to the Academic

Performance of Senior High School Students of Holy Rosary Academy of Las Pinas

City, the perception being observed by the researchers are later described based on

students own experiences. The research is exploring the effects which is a

phenomenon occurring timely. It is used by more novice researchers because the

approach being studied is in electronic set up and often offers initial results in focused

studies of quantitative research.

REFERENCES

https://studycorgi.com/the-effects-of-cyberbullying-and-academics/

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED574784.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018359474