Cyber Bullying and Academic Performance of Grade VII Students

In North Central Mindanao College (NCMC)

An Undergraduate Thesis Proposal

To Faculty of College of Education

North Central Mindanao College

Lala, Lanaodel Norte

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Degree

Bachelor in Secondary Education

(English)

Jenny Mae G. Bagundol

Elisio H. Sumalinog

Julyfor D. Aligado

Via Mae Adecir

Liezel C. Cabungcal

Lovely Balios

2017-2018
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to express their gratitude and appreciation to the following
persons who helped much to the success of this study:

To Mrs. Milagros V. Maceda, their adviser, for the suggestions, support, and supervision
to make this study successful;

To the Experts for their developmental suggestions and inputs for the development of this
research;

To their parents, words cannot express how much they mean to them; to their loved
ones for being always there to serve and understand the educational and financial needs;

To her dear brothers and sisters for their constant pieces of advice and moral support;

To all those in one-way or the other who extended their wholehearted supports and
encouragement for the completion of this study; and finally,

To GOD for the peace, joy, and glory showered upon them!

To all of you, thank so much!

 DEDICATION

This intellectual piece of work is dedicated to their loving parents,for their

endless love, deep concern, and abiding support; their brothers and sisters,for their
constant inspiration and hope for them to become successful; and to the Almighty, the
powerful of all.

Researchers
 Table of Contents

Title Page…………………………………………………………………..i

Acknowledgement………………………………………………………….ii

Dedication…………………………………………………………………..iii.

Table Contents……………………………………………………………..iv

Table of figures……………………………………………………………..v

Chapter 1 Introduction………………………………………………………1

Related Literature…………………………………………………………….2

Problem Statement……………………………………………………………………..…………..……….…..4

Significance of the Study………………………………………………………………………..……………..4

Scope and Limitation of The Study………………………………………………………………………..5

Definition of Terms……………………………………………………………………………………………….5

Chapter 2. Research Methods……………………………………………………………………………….6

Research Design……………………………………………………………………………………………………..6

Research Setting…………………………………………………………………………………………………….6

Research Instruments……………………………………………………………………………………………..6

Validation of Instruments………………………………………………………………………………………..7

Data-Gathering Procedure……………………………………………………………………………………..7

References

Curriculum Vitae
 Abstract
This research investigates the emotional and psychological effects of cyber bullying in North
Central Mindanao College particularly in grade VII students. The primary objectives of this
investigation are to identify the victims of cyber bullying and critically analyze their emotional
state of mind in order to provide them with a workable and feasible intervention in cyber
bullying. In this method, descriptive method will employ in this investigation. The instrument
that will use in this study which 250 students will participate, including a questioners, interviews,
checklists and observations. The result of this study will indicate the significant number of the
respondents who suffer emotionally due to cyber bullying. The respondents will indicate their
view in cyber bullying which causes emotional and psychological stress, and affects the student’s
academic performance. It is interesting to ask the majority of students that signify about hearing
bullying inside the campus.
 CHAPTER 1 1

INTRODUCTION

Modern technology is continuously involving, and in recent times, it has manifested itself in a
very serious social problem, namely cyber bullying. Modern technology is like a double-edge
sword; on one hant it gives us connectivity, on the other it increases emotional stress (Michel
2011). As such, young internet users, including students maybe at the mercy of cyber bullies. The
victims, under great emotional stress, are unable to concentrate on their studies, and thus their
academic progress is adversely affected (Juliana 2010). Unfortunately, little attention is given to
this global problem by institutions of higher learning, teachers, parents, and emergency service
providers. The depressive effect of cyber bullying prevents students from excelling in their
studies (Lauren 2011).

Bullying in schools and universities are causing imaginable problems to students, parents and to
educational institutions. Unfortunately, little has been done to help those victims whi are
continuously trapped in the name of modernization and digitalization (Watson 2010).
Researchers agree that the stressful impact of bullying is escalating with the rapid expansion of
technological advancement (Justine 2011). Many students who are victims of cyber bullies suffer
silently, they are reluctant to complain to the authorities or their parents owing to the social
stigma attached to victims of bullies (Susan 2011). As such, parents, teachers and institutional
authorities have to be on to look out for such occurency. This study aims to know the cyber
bullying and academic performances of the college students of NCMC. And it also aims to
answer the questions provided in the statement of the problem.
RELATED LITERATURE 2

The internet has created a new paradigm shift in communication. Today our youth are addicted
specially in using electronic communication tools. It is an undeniable fact that electronic based
communication has transformed our lives tremendously, but unfortunately, there is a dark side to
this technological and advancement. Cyber space is a potential site for violence, victimization
and oppression (Faye 2011). According to Olweus (1993), " a student is being bullied or
victimized when he or she is exposed, repeatedly an overtime, to negative actions on the part of
one or more other students". Hence, bullying is showing aggressive behaviour to a person
without any prior provocation with the intention of causing harm. It also denotes the harm is
done repeatedly overtime and there is a desparity in strength and power between the victims and
cyber criminals. Electronic bullying or cyber bullying, according to Kowalski (2011) simply
indicates using the internet to cause psychological and emotional disturbances. Olthof (2011)
defines cyber bullying as a strategic behaviour of an individual to dominate another individual or
a group of individuals. Online Oxford Dictionary defines cyber bullying as the use electronic
communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or
threatening nature. Cyber bullying is defined by Wikipedia as a deliberate act of aggression using
technological advances such as internet to cause harm to a person. This aggression can be
repeated, deliberate hostility. Cyber bullying occurs "when the internet, cellphones or devices
arw used to send or put text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person". (http://-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cyber-bullying). Cyber bullying causes grave harm to an individual or
group of people by exposing their personal data, real names and addresses to criminals with
malicious intent to the targeted individual or group.

Cyber bullying can include such acts as making threats, sending provocatives insults or racial
ethnic slurs, gay bashing, attempting to infect the victim's computer with a virus or flooding an
email inbox with messages (walts.com).

According to Olweus (1986, 1993) the following are some symptoms of victims of cyber
bullying:

1. Anxious, insecure, unhappy and have low self-esteem.

2. . Cautious, sensitive, quiet, withdrawn and shy.
3. Depressed and engaged in suicidal idealism much more often than their peers. 3

4. Do not have single good friends to discuss problems.

5. Often physically weaker than their peers in the school.

The following are some characteristics of cyber bullies:

1. Often involved in antisocial activities such as drug use.

2. Impulsive and easily angered.
3. Strong need to dominate other students.
4. Show little empathy towards students who are victimized.
5. Often physically stronger than other students in the class.
6. Often defiant and aggressive, including to parents and teachers.
Internet usage has increased in recent years resulting in a growing number of documented
reports of cyber bullying. Despite the rise in cyber bullying incidents, there is a dearth of
research regarding high school student’s motivations for cyber bullying. The purpose of
this study is to investigate high school student's perceptions of the motivations for cyber
bullying.

PROBLEM STATEMENT 4
Cyber bullying is an online aggressive behaviour in the digital space. Bullying is a form
of peer aggression which can be as damaging as any form of conventional aggression
(Mickie 2011). The problem investigated in this research concerns cyber bullying that
disturbs high school students in NCMC psychologically and emotionally. Bullying also
prevents students from achieving good grades. It seems that technologies are in some
ways creating more stress on one young in the form of cyber bullying rather than to help
them progress. Research findings will show that young students who become victims of
cyber bullies suffer great stress (Elizabeth, 2010). Hence there is an urgent need to
understand the problems faced by the victims so that concrete and proactive measures can
be taken by students and teachers to address this cyber bullying problems. This study
answer the following question.
1. How does cyber bullying affects the academic performances of the students of
NCMC?
2. What is the common action of the teacher against cyber bullying?
3. What will be the solution of cyber bullying?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH

1. The finding of the research provides up-to-date infobullying about the nature and
extent of cyber bullying among the studends of NCMC.

2. The findings of this researcb will assist the students, teachers to take more effective
steps to combar cyber bullying.

3. Records the interviews, observations and questionaires are valuable assets for
future researches in finding workable solutions in finding cyber bullying.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 5

This study is limited only for cyber bullying and the academic performances of the
students of NCMC high school. It investigates whether the study is much effective
and useful to the school and to the students.
DEFINITION OF TERMS

*Cyber bullying = the electronic posting of mean spirited messages about a person
often done anonymously.

*Internet = an electronic communications network that connects computer networks

and organizational computer facilities around the world.

Anxiety = is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often

accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic
complaints, and rumination.It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over
anticipated events, such as the feeling of imminent death.

*Depression = is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a
person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being. A depressed mood is a
normal temporary reaction to life events such as loss of a loved one. It is also a
symptom of some physical diseases and a side effect of some drugs and medical
treatments. Depressed mood is also a symptom of some mood disorders such as major
depressive disorder or dysthymia.

CHAPTER 2 6
RESEARCH METHODS

Research Design
This research will apply a descriptive and quantitative method to carry out the
investigation about cyber bullying and academic performances of the college students
of education department of NCMC. This study will apply direct and passive
observation in the investigation. In passive observation, the researcher has no
influence on the students. The quantitative method will be use to further strengthen
the descriptive method data.

Research Setting

This study will be conducting at North Central Mindanao College located at

Maranding, Lala Lanao del Norte.

Figure 2. The Locale of the Study

Respondents/Participants of the study 7

The students enrolled in education department at North Central Mindanao College

will be the respondents of the study. Particularly to the grade VII students that
randomly chosen to participate in this study.
Research Instruments

The data for this study are going to collect through the following instruments:

1. Questionnaires for the Grade VII students.

2. Interviews of the selected students.

Validations of Instruments

The researcher will be submitted the questionnaires to a panel of linguistic experts

and English language expert for their perusals. Furthermore, the copies of the
research questions, problems, goals, objectives are going to be submitted to these
professionals for further advice. The feedback that will be obtaining from the experts
will be used for increasing the validity of the instruments.

Data-Gathering Procedure

The instruments for the study are going to administer by the researchers. All the data
in the questionnaires will also personally collecting by the researcher.

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Name: Jenny Mae G. Bagundol

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Birth Date: May 17 , 1997

Place of Birth: South Koronadal Cotabato

Complexion: Fair

Civil Status:Single

Nationality: Filipino

Parent: Lilibeth G. Bagundol

Religion: Baptist

Academic:

Elemtary: Isaac Abalayan Elementary

Secondary: North Central Mindanao College

Name: Julyflor D. Aligado

Gender: Female

Age: 27

Birth Date: March 25, 1990

Place of Birth: Salvador Lanao del Norte

Complexion: Fair

Religion: Roman Catholic

Nationality: Filipino

Academic:

Elementary: Upland Elementary School

Secondary: Salvador National High School

Name: Elisio H. Sumalinog

Gender: Male

Age: 23

Complexion: Fair

Religion: Roman Catholic

Nationality: Filipino
Name: Lovely Balios

Gender: Female

Age: 25

Civil Status: Married

Address: Purok 4 Mamagum Sultan Naga Dimaporo

Birthdate: March 9, 1993

Place of Birth: Mamagum SND

Children : 2
Name: Via Mae Adecir

Gender: Female

Age : 20

Birthdate: July 4, 1996

Complexion: Fair

Nationality: Filipino

Religion: Pentocostal

Civil Status: Married

Name: Liezel Cabungcal

Gender: Female

Age : 20

Complexion: Fair

Nationality: Filipino

Address: Salvador Lanao del Norte