RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND COUNSELLING STUDENTS’ CYBER-BULLYING BEHAVIOURS IN UNIVERSITIES IN ANAMBRA STATE
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This study examined the relationship between social media use and counselling students’ cyber-bullying behaviours in public universities in Anambra State. Three research questions guided the study while one null hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlational survey research design. The population of this study comprised all the guidance and counselling students in public universities in Anambra State which includes; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus. The purposive sampling was used to select 150 Guidance and Counselling students in the two public universities. Purposive sampling was used to ensure that the respondents were 400 level students. A validated structured questionnaire titled Social Media Use and Cyber-Bullying Questionnaire” (SMUCBP). The instrument was divided into two sections; A and B. The Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of two instruments and they yielded values of 0.78 and 0.82. Frequency counts and percentages were used to answer research questions 1 and 2 while Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to answer research question 3. Linear regression was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. The finding revealed that more than 80% of counselling students have high social media usage while more than 60% of counselling students experience high cyber-bullying. The study found out that there is a positive significant relationship between social media scores and counselling students’ cyber-bullying scores in public universities in Anambra State. Based on the finding of the study, it was recommended amongst others that guidance counselors need to organize orientation programmes and workshops on how social media usage can affect their social behavior negatively and always try to develop a positive behaviour
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