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Cyberbullying And Religion
The research question of the article is what is the role of spiritual faith as a mediating variable in cyberbullying at a college level? They picked this topic for research because of the lack of research on college level cyberbullying and the effect of religion on it. To define cyberbullying it is any negative interaction among peers on any social media site. The researchers choose to get the answer for their question from a survey which is an example of a qualitative method. The survey took place at a small faith based university and it was distributed and collected at the beginning of different classes around campus. 282 total students took the survey, 161 of them were female and 121 of them were male. The classes were chosen in the hope

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