Development and Validation of the Adolescents' Cyber Bullying/Victimization Prevention Package Based on the Role of Cultural, Cognitive, and Emotional Factors

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Fatemeh Alipour ¹ , Abolfazl Farid ² , Ramin Habibi-kaleybar ³ , Golamreza Golmohammad nejad ⁴

1 - Ph.D. Student of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Associate Prof, Department of Education, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
3 - Prof, Department of Education, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
4 - Associate Prof, Department of Education, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

Received: 2024-01-22 Accepted : 2024-08-12 Published : 2024-08-12

Keywords: prevention package, cyberspace bullying and victimization, content validity, adolescents,

Abstract :

Background and purpose: Criminologists agree that the increase in cybercrimes, including cyberbullying, is the result of technological advances that have changed social interaction and people's behavior, and it has been suggested as an incompatibility and psychosocial problem common in the child and adolescent population. The purpose of this research was the development and validation of the package for the prevention of cyberspace bullying and victimization based on the role of cultural, cognitive and emotional factors.

 

Methods: The method of the present research was qualitative type and mixed research synthesis method. In order to design the prevention package, the theoretical foundations of the conducted researches were used, and in order to ensure the validity of the prevention package, the validity method was used. Content was analyzed using Lavshe's model with a panel of 11 experts and two quantitative coefficients, content validity ratio and content validity indices.

 

Findings: The results of the present study showed that all closed sessions of the package are necessary and the content of all sessions was found to be completely related to the goals or related but in need of partial revision. In the following, the revisions requested by experts, which included 17% of all answers, were applied and the final package of 10 sessions was compiled.

Conclusion: Considering the favorable validity of this package, it is suggested that the content of this package be considered as a lesson for the book of thinking and lifestyle of the first secondary school. It is also suggested to school counselors and relevant officials to use and exploit the present intervention program in a clinical and educational manner if necessary.

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