This document summarizes a study on the relationship between cyberbullying and adolescent health issues like depression and suicide. A survey was conducted of 40 school students in Delhi, India between the ages of 13-17. The results found that students who experienced cyberbullying reported negative emotional impacts like sadness and low self-esteem. While no direct correlation between cyberbullying and suicide was found, respondents reported suicidal thoughts. The study concludes that cyberbullying can cause depression, which in turn increases suicide risk. Recommendations include implementing anti-bullying programs and education for students, parents and teachers on cyber safety and security.

1. ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(CYBER BULLYING)

2. WHAT IS ADOLESCENT HEALTH?
Its is range of approaches to preventing, detecting young people’s health and
well-being.
WHAT ARE THE ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROBLEMS ?
• Anemia
• Mental health problems including depression, suicide
• Menstruation problems
• Other infectious disease
• Malnutrition & obesity
INTRODUCTION

3. EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY ON
ADOLESCENTS
Technology has introduced a large pool of data and services which can be
easily misused, Slowly destroying the minds of adolescents.
It has a huge impact on user’s physical as well as mental health such as :
• Lack of social skills
• Isolation
• Depression
• Poor sleeping habits
• Bullying
• Vision and Hearing Impairment

4. • Bullying is the use of force or threat to abuse,
intimidate or aggressively dominate others.
• Behaviors used to assert such domination can
include verbal harassment or threat, physical
assault and such acts may be directed repeatedly
towards a particular target.
WHAT IS BULLYING?

5. Cyber Bullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell
phones, computers and tablets, using electronic means.
The most common places where cyberbullying occurs are:
- Social Media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat,
Sarahah and Twitter.
- SMS (Short Message Service) also known as Text Message sent
through devices.
- Instant Messages (via devices, email provider services, apps, and
social media
CYBERBULLYING

6. • Depression, anxiety, feeling lonely and isolation
• Detachment from their surroundings
• Low self esteem
• Aggressive Attitude
• Higher risk of suicide
• Increase risk of substance abuse
• Lower academic outcomes
HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE ADOLESCENTS?

7. STUDY METHODOLOGY RESULT STRENGTH WEAKNESS
HILLARY
NOLL(CYBERBULLYIN
G IMPACTING
TODAYS YOUTH
MIX METHOD
APPROACH ON 26
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS (9-12TH
GRADE) ONLINE
SURVEY
CYBERBULYING
WAS DONE
MAINLY THROUGH
TEXTS
MSGS,SOCIAL
SITES.
USED MIXED
METHOD
APPROACH
LOWER SAMPLE
SIZE
RETROSPECTIV
E STUDY
WOLKE D, LEREYSA
ST(BULLYING &
PARASOMNIAS)
LONGITUDNAL
COHART STUDY
INTERVIEW 6796
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS AGED (8-
10 YRS)
BEING BULLIED
INCREASES THE
RISK OF HAVING
PARASOMNIAS
COHART
STUDY
PRIMARY
DATA
SELF ANALYSIS
LACK OF
SECONDARY
DATA
MARCI FELDMAN
HERTZ(BULLYING
&SUICIDE :A PUBLIC
HEALTH APPROACH)
STUDIED THE EFFECT
OF BULLYING
ON 9,11,13 YRS AGE
STUDENTS
BULLYING
INCREASES THE
RISK OF SUICIDE
SECONDARY
DATA
PRIMARY DATA
LITERATURE REVIEW

8. STRENGTHS
 Raise awareness
 Improve school
environment
 Counsel the children
 Create help groups
WEAKNESS
 No updated laws
 Unaware of seriousness
 Fear of confrontation
 Bully in denial
 Self protection- victims
 Situation handling
 Better future approach
 Approach authorities to
change laws
Family denial
Afraid to speak up
Societal indifference to
the topic
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

9.  EXAMINE THE PREVALENCE OF CYBERBULLYING AND
ITS IMPACT ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH
 FIND CORELATION BETWEEN SUICIDE AND
CYBERBULLYING

10. • INTRODUCTION
ABOUT OUR STUDY
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of school
students who have been victimized by cyberbullying and to explore
the relationship between cyberbullying and suicide.
Survey was carried out using a questionnaire and the results were
analysed. Results indicated that high school students that were
victimized through cyberbullying, experienced negative emotional
impacts including feeling sad, helpless and hopeless, frustrated
and low self-esteem.
The results of this study did not find a significant relationship
between cyberbullying victimization and suicide but did find that
respondents reported feeling suicidal in the open-ended

11. HYPOTHESIS
Does cyberbullying cause
depression and lead to suicide?

12. SAMPLE DESIGN
SAMPLING UNIT :KAROLBAGH ,DELHI
PARTICIPANTS : SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN
SCHOOL Grade: VII-XII
AGE GROUP :13-17 years
TARGET : BOYS/GIRLS
TARGET SIZE: 120
ACHIEVED TARGET: 40
METHODOLOGY

13. PRIMARY DATA ANALYSIS

14. PRIMARY DATA ANALYSIS

16. • The Global Youth Online Behavior Survey conducted by Microsoft ranked India
third in cyberbullying, with 53% of the respondents, mainly children admitting
to have experienced online bullying, falling behind China and Singapore.
• According to Intel Security Teens, Tweens and Technology Study conducted
over a period of 5 years in India, the results published in 2015 claim that 81%
of the children aged 8 to 16 years are already active on social media. Nearly
77% of these children had a Facebook account before they were 13 years of
age. Almost 22% of these children, that is, one in five children, face online
abuse
SECONDARY DATA
ANALYSIS

17. SOURCE:ARTICLE
FROM
youngsmind.org

18. SOURCE: GLOBAL SURVEY 2018
INDIA

19. .
Children and young people experience online bullying and mental ill health

20. SUICIDE
DATA
12.4
3725
1.2
18
SUICIDE VICTIM PROBLEMS
CYBERBULLYING DEPRESSED MOOD PARTNER PROBLEM SUBSTANCE ABUSE HISTORY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS

21. CASE STUDY 1
Ritika Sharma (name changed) had
befriended a male on Facebook.
Over a month she had shared her
personal details: phone number, address
and her tuition timings
He tried coaxing her to meet for a trip
outside Delhi- on denying, he started
stalking her. Finally she told her brother
and lodged a complaint.
Delhi Police took an active stance and
helped her.
CASE STUDY 2
Ryan (name changed) a class 11 student with
autism. After multiple treatments he had resumed
school.
He had befriended a girl whom he liked and shared
his secrets with.
She along with other friends in school posted his
pictures with embarrassing taglines.
He stopped going to school and eventually
committed suicide.
His father approached the school authorities to
avoid further instances.
CASE STUDY

22. RESULT
There is a strong link between depression, suicidal ideation, and suicide
attempts, but, there is a lot of controversy over whether it is cyberbullying
that predicts suicide or whether it is the depression that results from
cyberbullying that predicts it.
We accept our hypothesis: Cyberbullying causes depression but does not
directly leads to suicide although it increases the risk of suicide.

23. On comparing the cases of cyberbullying between the years 2012-2015 with that of
2016-2018, the instances of cyber bullying has increased they and is predicted to
increase in the coming years.
There are various reasons of the same such as:
 More and more social apps are coming nowadays.
 Adolescents are spending most of their spare time on social media.
 Accessibility to internet has become very easy.
 Even schools are promoting internet use which results in unwanted exposure of the
students to irrelevant things.
 Parents are becoming ignorant.
 Children these days are provided with cell phones at a very early age which most of
the time results in misuse of the device.
 Lack of innocence in adolescents.
FUTURE PREDICTIONS

24. As per our survey and study, we conclude that the increased use of
internet has resulted in the increased cases of cyberbullying and thus is
very detrimental for the society as it leads to depression. But several
measures can be taken in order to control cyberbullying.
One needs to take proper preventive steps such as:
 Zero Tolerance Policies should be made in schools.
 Organization of educational camps regarding cyber security.
 Anti-Bullying programs in schools like documentary movies, role-plays etc.
 Strict actions should be takes against the person who is caught doing even minor
bullying.
 Parents and teachers should create awareness.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

25. LIMITATIONS
• Primary sources, compared to the secondary sources, are limited.
• Due to legal issues, it was not possible to get information on suicide.
• Since our sample were minors, legal consent from the parents/ guardians was done by
word of mouth.
• Used random sampling
• Pilot checking of questionnaire could not be done due to time constraint.
• We were unable to visit and interview the students personally (due to time constraint),
therefore we set up questionnaire in the form of google sheets and shared it among
random school going students, within the age range of 12-18.
• We had to rely more on secondary sources available in books, e-sources gather
information about the study.

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