Summary: | 碩士 === 開南大學 === 觀光運輸學院碩士在職專班 === 103 === The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between Facebook usage and cyberbullying behaviors among elementary 5th and 6th grade students ,as well as to examine the differences among students with different background variables, including grade, gender and family pattern. The instrument used for this study was “Facebook usage questionaire of 5th and 6th grade students”. The subjects were 5th and 6th grade students from 16 classes of one elementary school in Taoyuan City. The data collected was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi-Square Test, t-test and one-way ANOVA.
The major findings are as follows:
1. A total of 79.4% of 5th and 6th school students had a Facebook account; the maximum time of Facebook using was less than 6 months; daily usage was less than 30 minutes, weekends usage was less than 1 hour; the motivation was to relax.
2. There was difference between different grade of students in Facebook usage and cyberbullying behaviors.
3. There was difference between different gender of students in Facebook usage and cyberbullying behaviors.
4. There was difference between different parents’ rearing attitude of students in Facebook usage and cyberbullying behaviors.
5. There was aparent positive correlation between Facebook usage and cyberbullying behaviors: the longer Facebook usage, the higher cyberbullying behaviors.
Base on the above findings, some suggestions were proposed for educators , parents and future researchers.
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