The Impact of Cyberbullying To The Mental Health of Senior High School Student in Salapinga National High School

The impact of cyberbullying to the mental health of senior high school
student in salapinga national high school
Chapter 1
Backround of the study
Cyberbullying is a harassment that can occur through online communication such as

facebook, twitter, email, or online games. Sharing personal or private information of someone
else that can humiliate or embarrass someone is cyberbullying, also cyberbullying can
include sending or sharing posting, hurtful, false, or photos of someone else without
permission (stopbullying.gov, 2021).
Nowadays, we use social media to connect to our relatives even to strangers. The benefits
of having social media account like Facebook account is that we can react, message, or call to
our friends and relatives even if they’re far away. But besides with these benefits there is still
negative effects of having a social media account such as easy access of pornography,
aggressiveness, harassment, and cyberbullying. According to an Anonymous
(2014),”cyberbullying happens for many of the same reasons as any other type of bullying,
but it may be even more appealing because it can be done anonymously”.
Cyberbullying is an action of using the social media technology to bully others in main
cases, it is used anonymously. Cyberbullying may not harm somebody physically; instead it
may harm them mentally. There’s a lot of reasons why a perpetrator (someone who bully) do
a bullying through online. According to an article in endcyberbullying.net there is three
reasons why do people choose to bully in online platforms, these are anonymity, ignorance of
consequences, and social pressure.
Cyberbullying can have emotional, mental, and behavioral effects to its victims. In some
cases this can lead to serious effects like having a suicidal behavior. To begin with the
emotional effects of cyberbullying are humiliation, isolation, anger, and powerlessness.
Furthermore the mental effects of cyberbullying are low self-esteem, academic issue,
depression and suicidal thoughts. While in the behavioral effects of cyberbullying are using a
drugs or alcohols, skipping classes, and carrying a weapon.
One of the major problems of technological communication nowadays is cyberbullying,

in fact in the new pew research center survey finds that 59% of US teens have personally
experienced at least one of six types of abusive online behavior, these are offensive name
calling, spread of false rumors, receiving explicit images they didn’t ask for, constant asking
of where they are, what they’re doing and etc., physical threats, having explicit images of
them shared without their consent.
While in the Philippines the cyberbullying is also common to every Filipino especially
to teenagers, in a study in 2015 revealed that 80% of Filipino teenagers aged 13 to 16 are still
experiencing cyberbullying (Takumi, 2016).
The republic act of 10627 or the Anti-Cyberbullying act of 2013 is a law that protects
the rights of any individuals especially students who had been experienced any severe or
repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a
physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another student that has the
effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional
harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school; infringing on the
rights of another; or materially or substantially disrupting the education process.
The republic act 10627 or Anti-Bullying also covered those individuals, group or
gender-based bullying that humiliates another on the basis of perceived or actual sexual
orientation and gender identity.
Conceptual framework
Input process output

1. Profile of the respondent
in terms of their
 Sex
 Gender
 Strand
Frequency of
being bullied
 Types of
abusive online
behavior that Descriptive method The impact of
they Survey questionnaire cyberbullying to the mental
experienced health of senior high school
students
2. What are the effect of

cyberbullying to their
mental health?
3. How they cope with the
effects of cyberbullying?
Figure 1: Conceptual framework

Figure 1 shows the conceptual framework of the study. The input is composed of the profile
respondents, the effects of cyberbullying to the victim’s mental health and how they cope
with the effects of cyberbullying. The input is important for the outcome or output. The
process is involves of survey questionnaire, and descriptive method. The output is the impact
of cyberbullying to the mental health of senior high school students.
Statement of the problem
This study aims to identify the impact of cyberbullying to the mental health of senior high
school students in bugallon integrated school.
Specifically, this seeks answer the following questions.
1. What is the profile of senior high school students in terms of their
• Sex
• Age
• Strand
• Family income
• Frequency of being bullied
• Types of abusive online behavior that they’d experienced
2. What are the effects of cyberbullying to their mental health?
3. How they cope with the effects of cyberbullying?
Significance of the study
The main objective of this study is to help the following:
Victims of cyberbullying- this study will help them to know what the purposes why they
bullied through online, what are effects of cyberbullying to their overall health especially to their
mental health, and law that can protect their rights.
Students- this study will help them to be aware of cyberbullying.
Parents- this study will help them to guide their children on using a social media.
Teachers- this study will help them to know more about a cyberbullying and this will be an
inspiration for taking an action to their students who had been victimized by cyberbullying.
Future researcher- this study will help them to know more about a cyberbullying and to their
future studies.
Community- this study will help the community to be more aware and knowledgeable about
cyberbullying.
Scope and delimitation
The study was conducted in salapingao national high School during 2022-2023 with a 60
respondents. The main objective of the study is to determine what are the impacts of
cyberbullying among senior high students in salapingao national high School.
Definition of terms
Anti-Bullying republic act of 10627 - Is an act or law protecting the rights of any
individual especially students and people who bullied related to their gender identity, sexual
orientation etc.
Cyberbullying - is a type of bullying that use an electronic devices such as laptop, smart
phone to harass his/her victim.
Depression - is a common type of mental illness that can be considered as serious mental
illness.
Harassment - is any unwanted behavior, verbal or physical action that can feel someone
uncomfortable, mentally distressed etc.
Humiliation – is an action to make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed.
Isolation – it means being completely alone.
Low self-esteem – is when someone lack of confidence to their self.
Powerlessness – is the expectancy of perception that one’s own behavior can’t control
the occurrence of personal and social outcomes.
Perpetrator – someone who bully.
Suicidal behavior – is a behavior that intent to end his/her life.
Victimized – when someone had been experienced bullying.
Victim of cyberbullying – someone who had been bullied through online.

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The impact of cyberbullying to the mental health of senior high school

student in salapinga national high school

Backround of the study

Cyberbullying is a harassment that can occur through online communication such as

One of the major problems of technological communication nowadays is cyberbullying,

Input process output

2. What are the effect of

Figure 1: Conceptual framework

Statement of the problem

Significance of the study

The main objective of this study is to help the following:

Students- this study will help them to be aware of cyberbullying.

Isolation – it means being completely alone.

Low self-esteem – is when someone lack of confidence to their self.

Suicidal behavior – is a behavior that intent to end his/her life.

Victimized – when someone had been experienced bullying.

Victim of cyberbullying – someone who had been bullied through online.

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