Abstract
In this study, cyberbullying living frequency, what the cyber environments in which cyberbullying is lived are, and the relation between ‘being victim of cyberbullying’ and ‘being cyberbullying’ status and problem solving skill of university students are analysed. This research is done by attendance of 460 students from five different faculties of Cankiri Karatekin University. Data is collected by ‘Cyberbullying and Internet Aggression Scanning Scale- CIASS” and “Problem Solving Inventory-PSI”. Data is analysed with arithmetical average, standard deviation, percentage and correlation techniques. It is determined at the end of the research that 87% of the attendants are exposed to cyberbullying in the recent month. However, at the same period, it is determined that 13% of the attendances are exposed to cyberbullying. Also, in the recent month 3% of the attendants are found that they are doing cyberbullying. It is seen that cyberbullying occurs mostly in chat-rooms and facebook. It is determined that problem solving skills of the attendants is at the middle level. A negative relation between being exposed to cyberbullying and problem solving is determined. There is not a relation between being cyberbullying and problem solving.
Key words: Cyberbullying, peer victimization, internet aggression, problem solving.
