Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Cebu City
Presented by:
Grade 10 – Diamond
JOURNALIST TEAM
Year 2018-2019
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Acknowledgment
We, the researchers, would like to acknowledge God for giving us the opportunity
to experience this activity, for the strength, wisdom, and knowledge to fulfill this activity.
We would like to acknowledge our parents who supported us financially for the
To Dr. Andrea M. Ando, our principal in the Junior High School Department, for
To our English Teacher, Mrs. Aracele E. Lupo, who devoted her time in editing our
manuscripts, which motivated us in fulfilling this work that leads us to be prepared and be
To our student teacher, Ms. Allyza Kate M. Nacario, who supported us for
Our respondents, the randomly chosen Grade-9 students, who have shared their
To Mr. Epifanio Tigley Jr., who have given his time and effort in checking the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preliminary
Title Page 1
Acknowledgement 2
Chapter
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3. Data Analysis 30
4. Findings and Generalizations 31
5. Conclusion and Recommendation 32-33
V. Bibliography References 34-35
VI. Appendices
A. Permission Letter 36
B. Research Instrument
1. Student’s Questionnaire 37-136
2. Picture Documentation 137-138
VII. Curriculum Vitae 139-147
VIII. List of Figures
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Introduction or Rationale
In our generation, with the invention of internet, students have fully embraced the
use of modern information and communication technologies to maintain contact with loved
ones. Students would also use the internet to express their emotions, ideas, and opinions.
Although majority of interactions in the internet are positive, however, reports about
intimidation and harassment through the use of these technologies have been increasing.
This form of violence has been known as cyberbullying which is an abusive usage of
The aim of our research is to determine the severity of cyberbullying in our campus
and also to highlight the harm that it may cause towards the students’ mental and emotional
health, considering that it may lead to even worse situations, suicide, for instance.
Our study focuses on the impact of cyberbullying to the mental and emotional
health of the junior high school students of University of Cebu. Furthermore, the
researchers would like to conduct a survey to collect pertinent data and information which
can lead to conclusion. Basing on the findings of our study we would try to take action on
this issue with the help of the Supreme Student Government of our department to launch
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Nodding's (2005) encompasses sis primary themes of care: caring for self, caring
in the inner circle, caring for strangers, and distant others, caring for animals, plants, and
the earth, caring for the human-made world and caring for ideas. The two themes of care
that relate more significantly, to this research are caring in the inner circle, which includes
mates and lovers, friends, colleagues and neighbors, and children/students, and caring for
strangers and distant others. If Nodding's assertion that our school's main ambition should
be to produce citizens instead of just students who are good at math and history is correct
(and the researcher believes it is), then certainly teachers and administrators are obligated
to teach students that bullying is wrong and to implement effective prevention and
intervention strategies.
In the School home: Rethinking Schools for Changing Families, Jane Roland
(1996) outlined her theory that schools can and should acknowledge and incorporate the
reproductive processes of society (the private sphere)in to their classrooms as well as the
traditional focus on the productive processes of society (the public sphere) . In other words,
because of the greatly changed and still fluctuating state of so many American homes, it is
now more than ever the public education system's moral obligation to step in and help fill
in the void of the "domestic vacuum" in the lives of so many children to put it even more
simply, schools have a responsibility to provide an environment that is more like an ideal
home. The setting should be safe, warm, nurturing, supportive, and encouraging. The
students should feel cared for, and even loved. With many American homes now headed
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by a single parent, and many other occupied by two parents who both have to work full-
time, schools need to make up for the physical absence of parents from the household.
(Roland, 1995)
Similar to Jane Roland, Martin's ideas about the ideal school as a nurturing,
protective, homelike environment. Nel Noddings' theory of caring in education posits that
in schools: an alternative approach to education (2nd ed). Noddings (2005) i fact stories
that " we have to let aside the deadly notion that the schools' first priority should be
intellectual development". Noddings also asserts that an even more important goal for
Martin's (1995) theory is relevant to this research study and thesis on cyberbullying
in that schools must now play a large role than ever in the protection of students from being
bullied, especially since cyber-bullying in particular has taken bullying off school
campuses and brought it into the home. If it is now the public school's system job to fill the
domestic vacuum foe students who live in homes lacking their parents’ presence, as Martin
(1995) contends, the schools need to concern themselves with bullying, even when it occurs
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Statement of the Problem
As cyberbullying may result to extremes situations like isolation, hopelessness, and even
suicide, we aim to determine the impact of cyberbullying on the mental and emotional health of
UCJHS students to be able to come up with preventive measures.
2.) What are the possible effects of cyberbullying among the Junior High School students of
University of Cebu in terms of:
3.) What preventive measures can be taken into consideration in order to lessen the severe
effects of cyberbullying to our UCJHS students?
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Statement of the Hypothesis
1.) Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube are where the Junior High School of
University of Cebu are often cyberbullied.
3.) We will conduct seminars with the consent of our teachers and staff and spread
infographics, videos, etc. containing quality content to promote the prevention of
cyberbullying in our campus.
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Importance of the Study
With the widespread usage of social media, cyberbullying has become common.
Students: They will be aware of the negative impact of cyberbullying to their mental and
emotional health. This study suggests to the junior high school students to be
Teachers: They will serve as role models to the students on the proper usage of social media
and sharing love and positivity instead of hate and negativity. They will also seek answers
Parents: They will be better prepared and equipped to prevent cyberbullying and deal with
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Scope and Delimitation
Subject: This study will be limited to the sampling three hundred (300)
Place: This study will be strictly conducted at the vicinity of the Junior High
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Review of Related Studies and Literature
While school systems made great strides in creating and implementing crisis
response plans and zero tolerance policies, it is important to continually scan the societal
landscape to see if additional concerns should be addressed in the area of student safety
(Pellegrini & Bartini, 2000). It has become increasingly evident that the internet has
2004 survey given by i-SAFE America, 42% of school-aged children have been bullied
while online. This percentage increased drastically in a 2008 study that raised the statistic
The bullied child is a victim. Like most victims of crime, the bullied can experience
depression, fear, and stress related to the incident (National Education Association, 2008).
Victims of bullying are less likely to make friends in school and more likely to experience
loneliness while there (Nansel, et al., 2001). Bullying can negatively affect the victim’s
Chronic victims, about 6-10% of those who are bullied, sink into severe states of
depression. To a similar degree, they begin to see themselves as devalued as those who are
bullying them or watching the acts of bulling against them. The damage done to their self-
esteem can have lasting effects on their adult relationships and self-image. It is not
surprising then that the bullied are more likely to think about or commit acts of suicide than
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Research shows that some 93% of today’s teens use the internet. More and more
this use is for online socialization with peers; not all of it is positive in nature (Leonhart,
Madden, Macgill, & Smith, 2007). Daily, students across the nation are being bullied
online and are bringing to school the residual effects of these personal attacks (Trolley,
Hanel, & Shields, 2006; Willard, 2007). Daily, school administrators across the nation
struggle with the desire to act on behalf of victimized student, but are not sure how to
respond since most acts of cyberbullying happen off campus. It is the regrettable job of
administrators to balance the needs of the victims against the judicial rights of bully; legal
guidance and policy protocol from school boards and systems are limited (Anderson,
2007).
So why do the bullied remain silent? As previously mentioned, historically acts of bullying
have been seen as a rise of passage on school grounds and this is reinforced in our society—
the stronger tell the weaker what to do. “Bullying often stems from the social inequities
that adult society creates; fosters, sustains and continues to grapple with” (Shariff, 2008,
p. 23). Because of this societal parallel, victims have little faith in how adults will respond
to their situation (Coloroso, 2003, Sampson, 2002). A host of studies have suggested
additional reasons as to why the bullied remains silent; (a) fear of retaliation, (b) feelings
of shame for being weak, (c) fear of not being believed, (d) a need to not worry their
parents, (e) thoughts that nothing would change as a result of telling, (f) thoughts that
involving parents and teachers will make it worse, (g) thoughts that teachers would tell or
involve the bully, and (h) fear of being called a snitch (Sampson, 2002).
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The bully is the key player in any incidence of bullying. Research shows that bullies
are typically male, at the same age or older than their victims, stronger than their victims,
and generally hold some level of popularity on the school campus (Chan, 2006, Coloroso,
2003, Nansel et al., 2001). It is interesting that those who bully usually have a large group
of friends and have leadership traits that others are attracted to in a group even though the
bully exhibits antisocial and other aggressive behaviors towards others (Underwood, n.d.).
In the past, students could retreat to the safety of their homes to escape incidents of
bullying. Once the bell rang, they could run home and were safe until the next day. The
same cannot be said for cyberbullying. The impact of cyberbullying does not stop when
students pass through the school door. Cyberbullying has invaded their homes, their
bedrooms, and their personal laptops and phones. Even more insidious are the incidents of
cyberbullying as they can be targeted directly to the individual, wherever they are or on the
Internet where anyone can see the victim's torment (Affab, 2008; coloroso, 2003; Williard,
2007).
It is suggested that the behaviors of bullies are learned. Most likely, bullies are not
born with aggression, but learn it from the home or past experiences in which they,
themselves, were at the receiving end of aggressiveness from others (Chan, 2006).
Statistics show the bully is at an even higher risk than the bullied for thoughts of or acts of
suicide. It is believed that this can be contributed to the other factors that make someone
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Research Design
The methods used in gathering the data and information are the normative survey
method and descriptive method in normative survey method, the researchers collect and
gather the data for the study by means of giving survey questionnaires to chosen
In the descriptive method, the researchers gather data from different reading
materials like textbooks, magazines, periodicals, reference books and also from the
Internet.
The methods mentioned above are of great help to the researchers in determining
the Impacts of cyberbullying towards mental and emotional health of UCJHS Students.
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Research Environment
The study will be conducted in University of Cebu- Main Campus, Junior High
the Cebu City corner Sanciangko and Osmeña Boulevard which has three campuses; first
the South Expressway where the Engineer and Elementary Department are found. Lastly,
campus for general education is situated in Mandaue City. The University of Cebu (UC) is
an education institution in Cebu City, Philippines, founded in 1964. It has four campuses:
the Main Campus along Sanciangko Street; the Banilad Campus along Gov. Cuenco Ave.,
Brgy. Banilad; the UC-LM Campus (stands for the cities Lapu-Lapu/Mandaue where it is
situated); and the UC-METC (Maritime Educational Training Center) along Alumnos St.,
Brgy. Mambaling. Another campus, the former UC-South Campus along Sanciangko
Street, was demolished and replaced by an expansion of UC’s sister company, Elizabeth
Mall (E-mall).
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with deregulated status enjoy the same
privilege as autonomous HEIs, like being exempted from the issuance of a special order
(S.O) for their graduates, priority in the grant of subsidies and other financial
incentives/assistance from the CHED whenever funds are available, and etc.
All of the institution are accredited by these three agencies certified by FAAP are
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Accreditation in Aid of Quality and Excellence and Higher Education, there are four levels
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_the_Philippines
With forty-two (42) years of quality education, the University of Cebu (UC) has
The Junior High School Department of University of Cebu- Main Campus is now at level
1 PACUCOA Accreditation.
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Research Respondents
The randomly chosen respondents of the study will be the selected Junior High
School students, grade 9 level, enrolled in University of Cebu-Main Campus the school
year 2018-2019. There will be 300 Junior High School students involved in the study. The
researchers chose 10 selected sections from grade 9 with thirty respondents each section.
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Population of the Study
Figure 1.1
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Research Instrument
The study will use two kinds of Instruments. The researchers use survey
questionnaire checklists and purely research works. The survey questionnaire checklists
which contain 10 questions which will be administered to three hundred Junior High
cyberbullying. A list of guide questions which will be used for the personal interview will
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Data Gathering Procedure
Before the administration of the survey, a permit will be secured from the Junior
High School principal, Dr. Andrea M. Ando. After the approval of the permit, a prepared
to three-hundred randomly chosen respondents on an allotted scheduled date and time. The
survey questionnaire checklists will be conducted for two days, on the following dates:
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Statistical Analysis
mental and emotional health of UC Junior High School Students who are victims of it. The
𝐴 𝐶
𝑅= where 𝐴 =
10 𝑆
R = rate of the Impact of Cyberbullying towards the mental and emotional health of UC
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Schematic Presentation
Figure 1.2
Second Day:
Administer the students
questionnaire to the first half
randomly chosen respondents
from the Grade- 9 level.
Recommendation
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Definition of Terms
A reference is needed to understand this study better. The terms listed below are
defined operationally, that is the way they are used in the study.
and forcefully.
2.) Chronic – continuing or occurring again and again for a long time.
6.) Foster – affording, receiving, or sharing nurture or parental care through not related by
8.) Pertinent – relating to the thing that is being thought about or discussed.
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10.) Torment – something that causes extreme physical or mental pain.
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Presentation of Data
Figure 1.3
1.)
86%
2.)
73%
3.)
71.33%
4.)
56%
5.)
30%
6.)
40.33%
7.)
33%
8.)
62%
9.)
34%
10.)
74.33%
Legends
YES NO
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As the group conducted a survey in University of Cebu- Main Campus, Junior High
School Department, Sanciangko St., Cebu City, the table above shows the percentage of
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Drafting of Tally Sheets
Figure 1.5
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Drafting of Tally Sheets
Figure 1.4
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Interpretation of Data
Figure 1.6
As the group gathered all the information needed, the group came up with the
following interpretation:
cyberbullying, 55.11% of them experienced severe effects of cyberbullying, 34% were not
safe in any social media platforms, and 79.33% are willing to participate in a campaign
against cyberbullying.
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Data Analysis
In this chapter, data is gathered from the respondents in relation to the research
objectives. Here, the result of the questionnaires responded by more or less three hundred
participants is discussed. Also, before the research study was initiated, the rationale,
significance, and purpose of this study were provided respondents. In addition, the
respondents have also been given the assurance that all the data they provided will solely
be used for the research and that their identities will remain confidential. The objective is
only to determine the impacts and the severity of cyberbullying towards the mental and
emotional health of UC Junior High School students. This is the manner unto which the
study accounts the factors and the perception on the criteria themselves.
The conduct of this study involves a detailed account of the demographic profile of
the respondents. It is assumed that the character that the respondents have, influenced their
answers on the survey questions. Of particular significance to the achievement of the goals
estimate where it is now and where it is heading, thus what changes are to be made- is to
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Findings and Generalizations
In this part, the group concluded that most of the 300 respondents from the grade 9
level have experienced cyberbullying and also considered it as a serious matter. In addition,
most of the parents of the respondents are not aware about the impact of cyberbullying
towards the mental and emotional health of their children. Therefore, out of three hundred
randomly chosen respondents, 86% of them were victim of cyberbullying and considered
55.11% of them experienced severe effects of cyberbullying, 66% of them were not safe
in ang social media platforms, 34% considered themselves safe, and 79.33% of them are
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Conclusion
bullying yet, it is heading in that direction and is already a major problem. Cyberbullying
Victimized students are suffering. They are having to face emotional pain, physical
injury (including suicide), the disruption of healthy social development, and academic
performance problems. They are being made to feel like there’s something wrong with
them and the negative psychological repercussions can last long into adulthood, interfering
not only with their health and happiness during their school-age years but well beyond.
informed about the realities of school bullying and do everything possible to fight
against it.
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Recommendation
The findings of this research study and of countless others examined in the literature
review chapter of this thesis clearly indicate that traditional schoolyard bullying and cyber-
bullying are serious problems among the UC Junior High School Students.
In response, we would like persuade the parents and teachers to be role models and
be good examples to the students. Also, the students must be educated on the harm inflicted
by cyberbullying on mental and emotional health if students and ways to prevent and stop
it. Lastly, the school itself should be an active promoter of peace and implementer of
discipline.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
Banawa Elementary School
2009-2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2009-2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
San Vicente Elementary School
San Vicente Island, Northern Samar
2007-2010
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2009-2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
Canduman Elementary School
Canduman, Mandaue City
2009-2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
Toctoc Elementary School
Brgy. Toctoc Leyte, Leyte
2009-2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
Tisa II Elementary School
F. Lianas St., Tisa, Cebu City
2009-2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Educational Background:
Secondary:
University of Cebu Main-Campus
Sanciangko St. Cebu City
2015-Present
Elementary:
Tejero Elementary School
M. J. Cuenco Ave. St. Cebu City
2009-2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Status: Single
Educational Background:
Secondary:
2015-Present
Elementary:
2009-2015
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