Relation between Parental Phubbing and Cyberbullying among University Students

Background: Occupied parents with smart phones neglecting their youngsters, can leadto feelings of isolation and detachment, that manifest itself as cyberbullying – a way forteens gain approval from others online and fit in. Aim of the study was to explore therelation between parental phubbing and cyberbullying among university students. Studydesign: Present study utilized descriptive correlational design. Settings: The study wasconducted at Tanta University affiliated to the Ministry of High Education and Scientificresearch from four faculties of the university were randomly selected. Subjects: A sampleof 1881 students were randomly selected from the previously mentioned setting. Tools:Two tools were used to collect the study data, Faculty Students’ Parental PhubbingQuestionnaire and Faculty Students’ Cyberbullying Scale. Results: 44.2% of facultystudents reported moderate levels of parental phubbing, also 85.2% had low levelregarding total cyberbullying. 81.4% of faculty students had low levels of cyberbullyingvictimization. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant correlation betweenfaculty students’ perception regarding parental phubbing and cyberbullying victimization.There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between faculty students’cyberbullying perpetration and cyberbullying victimization. Recommendations:Universities administration need to include digital citizenship and appropriate onlinebehavior in academic courses and apply freshman orientation programs