Internet and facebook addiction among Egyptian and Malaysian medical students: a comparative study, Tanta University, Egypt

Saied, Shimaa M.; Elsabagh, Hala M.; El-Afandy, Aliaa M.

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161400

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“…What is really worth pointing out is that the mean duration spent online daily, as reported by students, was almost 5.5 h, and the cyberbullied students spent more than 6 h a day online. The long duration our students spend online supports recent suggestion of internet and social networking addiction among Egyptian university students [26] .…”

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“…Siegle [29] stated that academically gifted students are less likely to bully and consequently less likely to be bullied. Besides, Saied et al [26] found that 72% of the medical students in Egypt use internet mainly for academic purposes. This nature of internet use makes medical students spend less hours socializing and consequently makes them less prone to be cyberbullied.…”

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Pattern and correlates of cyberbullying victimization among Egyptian university students in Beni-Suef

Arafa

Senosy

2017

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Background: The expansion of the online environment has unveiled many cyber risks and potentials for abuse such as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying carries many negative psychological impacts that affect mainly young people. Aim: The objective of our study is to explore the of cyberbullying victimization among Egyptian university students in Beni-Suef and investigate factors correlating with it. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a multi-stage random sampling was used to include a total of 6740 students from all grade levels in all faculties (n=28) of Beni-Suef University. After 4 focus group discussions, a self-administered questionnaire was designed for data collection. The questionnaire comprised three sections including questions about selected socio-demographic characteristics, exposure to cyberbullying in the past 6 months, and factors associated with victimization. Results: Almost half of our students (48.2%) reported experiencing cyberbullying victimization in the past 6 months. Female students, students living in urban areas and those who spent more hours using the internet reported more exposure (p<0.001). Harassment was the main type stated by females (79.8%) while flaming was excessively reported by males (51.8%). Students responded mostly by anger (63.1%), hatred (23.2%) and sorrow (22.6%) towards the worst victimization incidents. Conclusion: Cyberbullying victimization is highly prevalent amongst university students in Beni-Suef and female students are more vulnerable to exposure, Implementing anti-cyberbullying programs tailored for university students will be a major step. Such programs should include anti-cyberbullying policies and materials, and provision of guidance for students, their parents and their teaching staff.

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Pattern and correlates of cyberbullying victimization among Egyptian university students in Beni-Suef

Arafa

Senosy

2017

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“…Such long duration confirms a recent suggestion about internet addiction among Egyptian university students. 27 The emotional consequences resulting from exposure to cyber sexual harassment varied from anger, which was the most common impact, to fear, hatred, sorrow and disappointment. Alike, previous studies showed that the harassed girls experienced conflict feelings that included anger, disappointment and even depression.…”

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Cyber sexual harassment: a cross-sectional survey over female university students in Upper Egypt

Arafa

Elbahrawe

Saber

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The striking rise in the internet users has resulted into high potential for abuse. Cyber sexual harassment is a type of internet abuse that carries many negative emotional consequences and could undermine the mentality of young people. The objective of this study is to investigate the rates of exposure to cyber sexual harassment among female students in Beni-Suef University and explore the correlating factors. Methods: A total of 2350 female students representing all academic years of all faculties of Beni-Suef University were recruited to participate in this cross-sectional study. An Arabic language self-administered questionnaire was designed and comprised three sections; socio-demographic characteristics, exposure to cyber sexual harassment in the past 6 months, and emotional effects of exposure. Results: Almost 80% of all the surveyed female students reported experiencing cyber sexual harassment during the past 6 months, and most of the victims were exposed to cyber sexual harassment more than once. Students living in urban areas and students who spent more hours per day using the internet reported more exposure (p<0.05). The harassed students responded mostly by anger (65%), fear (20.1%), hatred (18.5%) and sorrow (18.4%) towards the harassment incidents. Conclusions: Female students in Beni-Suef University are highly vulnerable to cyber sexual harassment, which is shockingly prevalent. Administrations in Beni-Suef University, as well as other Egyptian Universities, should adopt anti-cyber sexual harassment programs. Such programs have to introduce overwhelming policies and regulations that counter fight cyber sexual harassment. Such policies can be used as guidance for the university students, their families and their academic staff.

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“…[46,52] However, it should be noted that we detected high daily hours of internet use which could be explained as а kind of internet addiction which consisted of а previous national study. [53] In the current study, nursing students spent significantly fewer hours online compared to other students from different faculties. This could be explained by the fact that nursing students spend considerably more hours studying rather than surfing the social websites.…”

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Online Harassment and Cyberbullying Victimization and Its Emotional Impacts among Female Nursing and Non-Nursing Students

Hassan¹,

Sheha²,

Gamel³

et al. 2019

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Background: The increasing internet utilization is associated with various disadvantages. Online cyberbullying and harassment victimization is one of these disadvantages that pose negative emotional consequences. Aim: This study aimed to detect the prevalence of online cyberbullying and harassment victimization amongst nursing students from El-Fayoum University in comparison to students from other faculties at the same university. In addition to figuring out the most significant correlates of victimization and its emotional consequences. Subjects and methods: A total of 308 female nursing students and 320 female non-nursing students from El-Fayoum University participated in this cross-sectional survey. For data collection, а self-administered questionnaire was designed and distributed. The questionnaire included 3 sections; personal characters of the included students, online cyberbullying and harassment victimization during the past year, and the emotional consequences of victimization. Results: Of the surveyed female university students, 84 (27.3%) of the nursing students and 88 (27.5%) of the non-nursing students stated online harassment victimization during the past year, with no statistically significant differences between both groups (Р>0.05). Almost two-thirds of the victimized students from nursing and non-nursing faculties reported online harassment, victimization more than once with no statistically significant differences between both groups (Р>0.05). Urban residence and more hours of internet use per day did not correlate with the prevalence of online harassment victimization (Р>0.05) but associated with frequent exposure (Р<0.05). Anger (74.4%) was the most commonly reported emotional impact of online harassment victimization. Hatred, fear, sorrow, loneliness, and disappointment came next, however, with considerably lower rates. Conclusion: Female university students from nursing and non-nursing faculties were exposed to online cyberbullying and harassment victimization in recognizable rates. Recommendations: Further studies on the coping techniques to online harassment victimization should be conducted. Interventional programs to increase awareness regarding the windows of interference against online harassment according to the Egyptian Penal Code to reduce such intrusions and minimize their emotional effects should be considered.

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Internet and facebook addiction among Egyptian and Malaysian medical students: a comparative study, Tanta University, Egypt

Cited by 31 publications

References 15 publications

Pattern and correlates of cyberbullying victimization among Egyptian university students in Beni-Suef

Pattern and correlates of cyberbullying victimization among Egyptian university students in Beni-Suef

Cyber sexual harassment: a cross-sectional survey over female university students in Upper Egypt

Online Harassment and Cyberbullying Victimization and Its Emotional Impacts among Female Nursing and Non-Nursing Students

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