Paper Title
Association Between Cyberbullying Perpetration, Socio-Emotional Competence, and Mental Health Among Adolescents
Abstract
With the advent of technology in today’s era, the world and adolescents have been attracted to internet usage at
an extreme level. The increased access to the computer and internet has led to an increase in cyberbullying amongst
adolescents. The present study focuses on the relative contribution of variables such as mental health and social-emotional
competence in cyberbullying. About 391 adolescents aged 14-16 years from the Punjab region were included in the entire
sample and the significant results were obtained after using the stepwise multiple regression analysis, leading to the
conclusion that increased socio-emotional competence and good mental health lead to lower cyberbullying rates amongst the
adolescents
Keywords - Cyberbullying, adolescents, Social-Emotional Competence, Mental Health