EMMANUEL JOHN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC.

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“The impact of cyberbullying to the student’s life amidst of pandemic”

A special research
Presented to the Faculty of K – 12
General Academic Strand Department
Emmanuel John Institute of Science and Technology Inc.

In Partial
Fulfillments of the Requirements
In Senior High School
General Academic Strand

Submitted by:

Alvaran, Kyle Edric M.

Atip, Regine Palma Gil
Basarte, Ladylyn E.
Cadiente, Denaline Ababan
Calma, Aaron Paul J.
Durana, Calvin Clyde
Estariz, Angelica T.
Estor, Alexandra T.
Franco, Dhanica N.
Fuentes, Lhanz B.
Montante, Khem V.
Paraiso, Von Daniel

FEBRUARY 2023`

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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION

Bullying is not a new phenomenon, but the widespread adoption of new

communications technologies has enabled the migration of bullying behavior to

cyberspace, a phenomenon widely characterized as "Cyberbullying."

Cyberbullying is of growing concern to parents, police, educators and the public

in general because of its increased prevalence and the fact that it has been

implicated as a factor in a number of teen suicides.

Bullying behavior involves the systematic abuse of power through unjustified and

repeated acts intended to hurt or inflict some form of harm. Its impact can be

direct (physical and verbal teasing) or indirect (relational, such as social

exclusion and spreading nasty rumor’s). Bullying is increasingly a problem for

young persons and educators, especially given the heightened use of new

technologies which permits easy and wide distribution of communication.

Footnote Traditionally, bullying behavior was typically associated with school

settings; however, this is no longer the case as new technologies allow for

victimization to occur outside of school and at any time of the day.

At present, there is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes

cyberbullying, although common elements can be found in many of the

definitions examined. The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights Report

entitled, Cyberbullying Hurts: Respect for Rights in the Digital Age Footnote6

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(Senate Report) acknowledges the difficulty in achieving consensus upon a

single definition of cyberbullying, primarily because there is no common

understanding of what comprises this activity. The Senate Report found support

for the notion that cyberbullying is a form of traditional bullying, and noted that

cyberbullying includes acts intended to intimidate, embarrass, threaten or harass

the targeted victims.

Cyberbullying takes on various forms, including using emails, instant messaging,

and text messages to send harassing and threatening messages or posting such

messages in chat rooms, on "bash boards" and on other social networking

websites. Another common method of cyberbullying is the online posting or

electronic distribution of embarrassing pictures or videos. It may also involve the

creation of websites that mock, torment and harass the intended victim or

victims. Some websites can even be used by cyberbullies to create online polling

or voting booths, allowing users of the website to vote on things such as the

"ugliest" or "fattest" classmate

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The purpose of this study, is to find out the real “The impact of

Cyberbullying to the student’s life amidst Pandemic”

This study will answer the following questions according to:

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondent in terms of?

1.1 Age
1.2 Gender
1.3 Year level

2. What are the impact of cyberbullying to the student’s life amidst of pandemic in
terms of?

2.1 Behavior
2.2 Mentally
2.3 Social interaction

3. Is there a significant difference in “‘the impact of cyberbullying to the students

life amidst of pandemic “as perceived by the respondent in terms of behavior,
mentally and social interaction.

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

This research paradigm reflects the conceptual of the study and it contains
the input, process, and output. The figure shows the flow of the research and
how the researcher will conduct the study.

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

This study aims to
determine "The impact
of cyberbullying to the
student’s life amidst of
pandemic" in terms of
the demographic profile
of the respondents
specifically in age,
gender and the
respondent year level.
Also what are the
impact of cyberbullying
to the students of the
following, Behavior,
mentally and social
interaction the
significant difference in
"The impact of
cyberbullying to the
students life amidst of
pandemic” to
respondents in terms of
the behavior, mentally,
social interaction.
This study process is
done through
tabulation of survey
questionnaires,
analysis and
interpretation of data
selected or selected
study respondents.
This process
involves asking
questions about the
study to find out the
respondents' “The impact of
feedback on whether cyberbullying to the
they agree or student’s life amidst
whether the study is of pandemic”
helpful to them. You
will also be able to
gather more
information about
what you are doing
through surveys
because you will be
able to meet more
people with different
opinions about what
you are doing

Figure 1: Research Paradigm

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PARADIGM OF THE STUDY

The figure above shows the conceptual framework of the study which contains

the input, the process, and the output. First, is the input which refers to the

demographic profile of respondents in terms of age, gender, year level and what

is the impact of cyberbullying to the students? ` Next, is the process that

represents the methods researchers used in order to conduct the study which

contains surveying through questionnaires, data gathering, data analysis using

statistical treatment, and finally getting the results of the study. Lastly, is the

output which is the impact of cyberbullying to the student’s life amidst of

pandemic.

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

There is no significant difference in “The impact of cyberbullying to the students

life amidst of pandemic” in terms of the behavior, mentally and self-interaction,

when the demographic profile of the respondents was considered

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This research focuses only on "The impact of cyberbullying to the student’s

life amidst of pandemic" which shows and informs the impact of cyberbullying on

students aged 15-20years old, it covers fifty (50) selected respondents located in

Caloocan city that we source data and information.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The importance of this study is to inform every one of the impact of

cyberbullying. And what they should do whether they are experiencing abuse or

cyberbullying.

The beneficiaries of this study are the following:

Students-. This study will also benefits the students, as they will able to know if

they are already experience cyberbullying.

Parents- This study will also benefit to the parents as they enlighten what are

they going to do in helping they’re child who are experiencing bullying.

Future researcher- They study will surely benefit future researcher that are

planning to conduct one of the same nature.

School administration- This study will able to know the level or status of
cyberbullying and how they deal with it and handle every situation.
Researcher-They will have ideas for those who are already abusing

cyberbullying.

Government - This study will help the government to know the impact of

cyberbullying and how they can address it or provide solution for this.

Teachers- This study will also benefit the teachers as they will become more

aware on the students who experiencing cyberbullying.

Victim- This study will be beneficiary for the victims so they will know what to do

when someone try to bully them.

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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

FOREIGN LITERATURE

According to Sharon Padgett and Jessica Roden (2013), the word cyberbullying

did not even exist a decade ago, yet the problem has become a pervasive one

today. Cyber bullies do not have to be strong or fast; they just need access to a

cellphone or computer and a desire to terrorize. Anyone can be a cyber-bully,

and such persons usually have few worries about having face-to-face

confrontation with their victims. In fact, the anonymity of cyber bullying may

cause students who normally would not bully in the tradition-sense to become a

cyber-bully.

According to the “Bullying and Cyber bullying: History, statistics, law, prevention,

and analysis” by Richard Donegan of Elon University in America, Technology’s

progression is often equated with the advancement of human societies. Pivotal

innovations, such as the Internet, have forever changed how people interact.

Though these developments have allowed the human race to make great strides

in many fields, they have also allowed forms of transgression to become more

rampant and widespread. This is evident when considering how traditional

bullying has evolved into an issue today known as cyber bullying. While bullying

and cyber bullying are often similar in terms of form and technique they also have

many differences. Unlike traditional bullying, cyber bullying allows the offender to

mask his or her identity behind a computer.

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According to: Kayley Klatt (June 3, 2020), Cyberbullying is on the rise and can

have a dramatic effect on your child’s mental health. The coronavirus pandemic

has created many unexpected and unforeseen challenges for parents and their

children across the nation. Many schools closed and shifted learning online at the

same time that non-essential businesses and activities shut down, increasing the

amount of time many students spent online participating in digital activities. While

anxiety levels and depression may have peaked in April, bullying has only gotten

worse. Cyberbullying is when someone repeatedly harasses, mistreats or makes

fun of another person online. This can be done using cell phones or other

devices. There is an increased risk for cyberbullying to take place between

children now due to restricted at-school contact and more time spent online.

Additionally, parents may be “exhausted” and they may lower their guard

regarding what their child is doing online during non-school hours. By the

beginning of April, an AI company dedicated to monitoring hate speech online

noted a 70% increase in the amount of hate speech among teens and children in

online chats.

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LOCAL LITERATURE

According to Jacques Gimeno (06, September, 2019)In the Philippines, latest

national data show that cyber violence affects almost half of children aged 13-17.

The prevalence of cyber violence for males (44 per cent) is almost the same for

females (43 per cent). One-third of cyber violence experienced by Filipino

children are in the form of verbal abuse over the internet or cellphone, while a

fourth are through sexual messages. More females received messages of sexual

nature or content than males. However, twice as many males than females

reported having their nude body or sexual activities, whether real or falsified,

shown on the internet or cellphone. Violence against children, in all forms

including online bullying or cyberbullying, has devastating effects on the physical

and emotional wellbeing of young people. This can create lasting emotional and

psychological scars, even physical harm. It is particularly challenging to address

since children are vulnerable and have easy access to the internet, making them

easy targets of online violence.

According to Paolo Romero - The Philippine Star (December 16, 2019) The

government must strictly enforce the Anti-Bully Law after the global education

survey Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) (2018), which

ranked the Philippines the lowest in Reading and second to the lowest in Science

and Math among 79 countries, also showed that Filipino students are the most

exposed to bullying, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said yesterday. Gatchalian, who

chairs the Senate committee on basic education, prodded the Department of

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Education to strictly enforce and monitor anti-bullying measures in schools. He

cited the PISA poll that showed 65 percent of Filipino high school students

experience bullying “at least a few times a month,” way beyond the 23 percent

average among 79 countries that joined the global survey. Conducted by the

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, PISA said both

aggressors and victims of bullying tend to skip classes, show poorer academic

performance and drop out of school.

According to Janice L. Gonzales (November 12 2020) Bullying is an increasing

problem globally, which affects school children over the years. The students who

have experienced bullying have a greater risk of psychological distress. Likewise,

the incidence of bullying has been increasing despite the efforts of the Philippine

government and Department of Education. Moreover, the problem of bullying

was even exacerbated by technology resulting in a new form called

cyberbullying. Studies also show that students are aware of the different bullying

types, yet high bullying incidence still prevails. Hence, the paper describes the

level of bullying awareness and the extent of bullying incidence in a public school

in Antique during the School Year 2019-2020. The paper also evaluates if a

significant difference exists in the level of awareness and the extent of bullying

practices when respondents are grouped according to sex, grade level, birth

order, living condition, and family monthly income. Furthermore, it also

investigates whether a relationship exists between awareness and extent of

bullying incidence.

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LOCAL STUDIES

According to Norman Raotraot Galabo (May 04, 2019) The purpose of this

qualitative case study was to describe the campus bullying experiences of senior

high school students in a certain secondary school of Davao City, Philippines.

Three senior high school students who experienced bullying in the campus were

chosen through purposive sampling. In-depth interview, observation and field

notes were utilized in the gathering of data. The study ensured that ethical

considerations were observed during its conduct. It strictly followed the

components of trustworthiness namely credibility, transferability, dependability,

and confirmability to ensure the validity of the qualitative data. Based on the

narrative and thematic analysis, study revealed that victims of bullying

experienced name-calling or verbal abuse, physical bullying, and social

discrimination. Passivity, optimism and perseverance, and peer-support system

help students cope with the adverse and traumatic experiences of bullying. Along

with the insights and realizations, the study emphasized that campus bullying

leads to emotional distress and low self-esteem, bullies should be sensitive to

others' emotions, and bullying should be minimized, if not avoided, in the school.

Hence, a call to address such predicament is highly encouraged in order to

create a learning environment where students are safe and protected from any

form of abuse.

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According to the Save the Children (9 Feb 2021) Philippines supports

Malacañang’s call to strengthen the campaign against OSAEC by monitoring the

strict implementation of Republic Act 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of

2009. National Capital Region and Mindanao to raise awareness on protecting

children from sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Wilma Banaga, Child

Protection Advisor of Save the Children Philippines, said that parents, guardians

and other relatives must understand that they have the responsibility to meet the

needs of children, and to protect them from any form of abuse and exploitation.

“Parents and other adults who are taking care of children should provide the

necessary support and guidance to help protect children from online sexual

abuse and exploitation particularly now that they are increasingly going online

because of the pandemic,” said Banaga. Save the Children Philippines is a

member of SaferKidsPH, an Australian government initiative to reduce the online

sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines, being implemented

along with The Asia Foundation and UNICEF. SaferKidsPH works with children

and their families, the Philippine government, civil society and the private sector

to ensure that children are safe and protected online.

According to Patacsil, F. F. (2019) Cyberbullying is an intentional action of

harassment along the complex domain of social media utilizing information

technology online. This research experimented unsupervised associative

approach on text mining technique to automatically find cyberbullying words,

patterns and extract association rules from a collection of tweets based on the

domain / frequent words. Furthermore, this research identifies the relationship

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between cyberbullying keywords with other cyberbullying words, thus generating

knowledge discovery of different cyberbullying word patterns from unstructured

tweets. The study revealed that the type of dominant frequent cyberbullying

words are intelligence, personality, and insulting words that describe the

behavior, appearance of the female victims and sex related words that humiliate

female victims. The results of the study suggest that we can utilize unsupervised

associative approached in text mining to extract important information from

unstructured text. Further, applying association rules can be helpful in

recognizing the relationship and meaning between keywords with other words,

therefore generating knowledge discovery of different datasets from unstructured

text.

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FOREIGN STUDIES

According to Sherri Gordon (July 22, 2022) Any type of bullying can have

physical and psychological effects on a child. Anxiety, fear, depression, low self-

esteem, behavioral issues, and academic struggles are just of the few challenges

kids may experience if they are targets. Cyberbullying, however, may be

particularly damaging. There are several possible reasons for this. For example,

unlike traditional bullying—which is often limited to school and known bullies—

cyberbullying can occur at any time, day or night, and be perpetrated by

anonymous sources. This makes it more relentless and, often, more cruel. Even

the type of victimization may impact the severity of its consequences. For

instance, one study found that online pictures and posts were more damaging

than harassment received through text messaging or phone calls. While

cyberbullying can happen in a public digital space, like on social media post, it

can also take the form of private messages—leaving some kids managing this

secret, and its effect on them, alone. Being aware of all of the effects of

cyberbullying cannot only help you support a child you know is affected, but help

you become more aware of signs that may be reason for concern—and a

conversation.

According to Justin W. Patchin (sepember 29, 2021) one of the questions we

have been asked most often over the last 18 months is whether bullying has
gotten better or worse since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early on, there
was a concern that cyberbullying incidents in particular would increase as youth
were spending more time online. Additionally, many young children were perhaps
given premature access to technology with inadequate support or supervision as
schools hurriedly moved to virtual educational activities and parents simply

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needed to survive the extended time children had at home. On the other hand,
we have long known that bullying online is often connected to bullying at school
and therefore fewer students at schools might translate to fewer problems online.
Despite these speculations, however, I’ve mostly had to respond to the question
about bullying during the pandemic by saying that we simply don’t know.
Recently, though, initial research has emerged to provide some insight about the
nature and extent of bullying behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to Fabito, B. S., & Yabut, E. R (2018). Mobile gamification has been
explored to understand the possibility of its application to promote engagement
and motivation for learning among students. However, it cannot be disputed that
the growing market for mobile games has drawn several ethical setbacks. Two of
the setbacks arising from mobile gaming are addiction and cyberbullying. Mobile
Game Addiction and Cyberbullying are ethical concerns that should be
addressed respectively as it hampers regular individual activities particularly of
students in an academic institution. In the Philippines, very few or no studies
have been conducted to determine the prevalence of ethical concerns in mobile
gaming specifically on Mobile Game Addiction and Cyberbullying. It is the role of
the present study to determine the prevalence of Cyberbullying and Addiction in
the context of Mobile Gaming among students of one University in the Philippines
through the Quantitative Approach.

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CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

This chapter explains the research methodology where the research design
can be found here. Research venue, respondent selection method, sample and
sampling method, research instrument, data collection method and statistical
analysis of data.

RESEARCH DESIGN

The purpose of the study was to determine "The impact of cyberbullying to

the student’s life amidst of pandemic.” Descriptive Research and survey
Research approach were used in this study to know the details about "The
impact of cyberbullying to the student’s life amidst of pandemic.” This method
aimed to describe, measure, analyze, and interpret data in order to answer
questions about existing conditions and relationships, as well as to establish
trends. The researcher hoped to learn about "The impact of cyberbullying to the
student’s life amidst of pandemic.

RESEARCH LOCAL

Caloocan city

Image 1: Caloocan city Map

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The seal of Caloocan will be seen on the monument of address Bonifacio and the

revolutionaries. This is the symbol of Caloocan because this place is best known

for its roundabout with a central monument. The monument is on Dagat-dagatan

Lagoon (Manila Bay), central Luzon, Philippines, adjacent to northern Manila.

Founded in 1762, it became a municipality in 1815 This is because Caloocan is

central or contained in other territories of manila and malabon.is a 1st class

highly urbanized city in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020

census, it has a population of 1,661,584 people making it the fourth-most

populous city in the Philippines, so this place of Caloocan is named monument

inside the monument can be seen the symbol derived from the flag of the

Philippines the colors blue, red, yellow sun with eight lions, and stars. The name

of the province comes from the Tagalog word kaloob-looban or kalook-kolookan.

The bay refers to the bay of manila (or manila bay) where it is close to the

province.

RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

To find out "The impact of cyberbullying to the student life amidst of pandemic".

The researchers conducted a study on the respondent that must be at the age

range of 15-20 years old through assessment in Caloocan city. The number of

respondent who pass the assessment and will be the respondent are set to fifty

(50) selected respondent.

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SAMPLE AND SAMPLING

The scope of this study was about 50 respondent of barangay 73

Caloocan City, and the limitations of the respondents were picked from the

community of 237 M.H. Del Pilar St, East Grace Park, Caloocan, 1400 Metro

Manila. The researcher used sampling in this study.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

In gathering information and data the researchers used survey

questionnaires as an instrument in this study. The researcher's objective in using

this research instrument is to find out "The impact of cyberbullying to the students

life amidst of pandemic.” This research will be used for fifty (50) Senior High

students’ respondents. Who has experiencing cyberbullying?

RATE SCALE INTERPRETATION

5 Very Strongly Agree
4 Strongly Agree
3 Agree

2 Strongly Disagree

1 Very Strongly Disagree

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Likert Scale: was used for giving verbal interpretation in the respondent’s

perception in terms of self-diagnose and mental health:

4.51-5.50 Very Strongly Agree

3.51-4.50 Strongly Agree

2.51-3.50 Agree

1.51-2.50 Strongly Disagree

0.51-1.50 Very Strongly Disagree

DATA GATHERING

The needed data were collected using the survey and interview questionnaires.

The questionnaires were based on the topic of the study. The researcher was

endorsed by the school principal, and a letter describing the timetable for

gathering data. The researchers ask permission to conduct study from the

administration office of Emmanuel John institute of science and technology. To

conduct the study among the selected students. The collected questionnaires

were kept and locked in the cabinet of the corresponding author's research room

and we're not accessible to any other researchers. The result would hopefully

basis on the impact of cyberbullying to the student’s life amidst of pandemic

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