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@article{198275,
        author = {Ms. Bhagyashree Kulkarni and Dr. V. S. Padhye and Ms. Mohini Kumari Singh},
        title = {Assessment of Anxiety and Depression in School Children Exposed to Cyberbullying in Mumbai},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {7768-7776},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=198275},
        abstract = {The study was conducted in 10 schools across different locations in Mumbai. From an initial sample of 1624, the top 10% students exposed to cyberbullying were included in the study based on their scores on the Cyberbullying scale by Stewart and John Young. There was no significant difference in the exposure to cyberbullying among male (M= 27.51, SD= 4.84, N= 105) and female (M= 27.19, SD= 4.14, N= 57) school students t(160) = 0.42, p>0.05. This shows that cyberbullying does not appear to be impacted by gender and that both male and female students are equally vulnerable. However, a significant difference in anxiety was observed among the same students with female students (M=11.75, SD= 3.49, N= 57) experiencing higher anxiety than male students (M= 10.03, SD= 4.13, N= 105) with t(160) = 2.57, p< 0.01. Similarly, there was a difference in the level of depression with female students (M=11.13, SD= 3.06, N=57) experiencing more depression than male students (M=9.98, SD= 3.86, N= 105) with t(160) = 2.03, p<0.05. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) by Zigmond and Snaith (1983) was used for this purpose. The finding throw light on the different ways in which anxiety and depression issues need to be dealt with among male and female school victims of cyberbullying. While both genders experience similar levels of cyberbullying, the underlying mental health issues are different. This could be related to the social structure, expectations, and blaming surrounding gender in issues like cyberbullying and the limitations in scope for expression and support.},
        keywords = {Cyberbullying, significant difference, gender, anxiety, depression, social structure.},
        month = {April},
        }