A Proposed Counseling Program to Confronting Cyberbullying among High School Students

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the most significant psychological, social, and community aspects of cyberbullying from the perspective of the social worker and to define the most important roles of the social worker among high school students to develop a counseling program that helps confront cyberbullying among the participants. The author developed a questionnaire to identify the most significant psychological, social, and community aspects of cyberbullying and to define the most important roles of the social worker. The author adopted the analytical-descriptive approach and applied the questionnaire to (120) social workers in public high schools in Riyadh. The results showed that the means of the community aspects were ranked first. The roles of the social worker with students, teachers, and guardians were high, suggesting the importance of these roles in handling and confront the psychological problems experienced by students. The most important roles of the social worker were used to develop the proposed counseling program to confront cyberbullying among high school students. The study recommends adopting counseling programs in handling the psychological problems among students because of their positive results in reducing such problems.

Received: 17 October 2020 / Accepted: 9 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021