Objective: In this study, it was aimed to examine the attitudes of amateur and professional football players regarding their cyber victimization and awareness according to various variables. Materials and methods: The universe of the study consists of footballers playing in amateur and professional football clubs 334 of these players were randomly selected and included in the study.The questionnaire forms are personal information form consisting of 10 questions and 14 Cyber Sensitivity Scale 14 with 14 items and “Cyber Victimization Scale“ with 24 items. The 14-item "Cyber Sensitivity Scale" developed by Tanrıkulu et al. (2013) and the 24-item "Cyber Victimization Scale" developed by Arıcak et al. (2012) were used. One-way analysis of variance (Anova), t-test will be applied to determine the difference between frequency and percentage distributions and some independent variables related to players (gender, age, marital status etc.). Results and Conclusion: The age of football, occupation, classification group, age of football, internet use matches have no effect on cyber (cyber) bullying sensitivity. 21-25 years old players are more sensitive to cyber (cyber) bullying. Virtual victimization of football players, single, student, 16-20 age, secondary education, 7-9 hours of internet and amateur football players playing in the league has been seen more than the virtual victimization. When the variables are examined, it can be thought that this group has more access to internet and more cyber victimization because they use more internet.
The Predictive Role of Self-efficacy, Gender, and Cyber Victimization on Cyber Bullying in Adolescents