Associations between Exposure to Domestic Violence, Depression and Cyberbullying among Secondary School Adolescents
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2020-07
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European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
Abstract
Literatures on high prevalence of domestic
violence are well documented. There is however paucity of
research on exposure to domestic violence relates to cyber
bullying behavior among Nigerian adolescents. The focus of this
study was to determine the correlation between Exposure to
Domestic Violence (EDV), depression and cyber bullying
behavior among secondary school adolescents. A total of 300
purposively selected secondary school adolescents in Oshodi
Isolo, Lagos metropolis Nigeria responded to Child Exposure to
Domestic Violence Scale (CEDV), Centre for Epidemiological
Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) and Online
Victimization Scale for Adolescents (OVSA). Data was analyzed
using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Data
was analyzed using the descriptive (frequency count) and
Inferential statistics (Pearson moment correlation analysis). A
high prevalence of EDV, depression and involvement of cyber
bullying was reported. Patterns of the factors of cyberbullying
ranged from 26.7% individual online racial discrimination to
37% vicarious online racial discrimination. EDV significantly
positively related to depression and involvement in cyber
bullying. Significant gender influence was observed on
depressing and cyber bullying. Age categories significantly
influenced cyber bullying. Authors conclude that a high
prevalence of depression and involvement in cyber bullying
exists among secondary school adolescents. EDV is a significant
positive correlate of depression and cyber bullying. There is
gender difference on depression and cyber bullying. Age
categories influence cyber bullying among the adolescents.
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Domestic violence, Depression, Cyber bullying adolescents