Krumm, Bernita L.Joice, Chad S.2016-09-292016-09-292015-12http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14446/45362Thanks to advances in technology, cyberbullying is a growing form of bullying over the last decade. This study examined cyberbullying prevalence based on experiences shared by 1,014 students at a rural public school in Oklahoma. Over 80% of all sixth through twelfth grade students completed the Cyberbullying and Online Aggression Survey, providing victimization and offending experiences. While most cyberbully studies have analyzed results based on gender and age, few, if any studies, include socioeconomic status and special education variables; this study included these two variables.Results indicated 38.6% of students were victimized and 22.4% participated as an offender. Results of one-way ANOVA for gender, socioeconomic status, and special education revealed significance with victimization scores. However, gender and socioeconomic status did not show significance when compared with offending scores. Special education results were of concern with 59.8% of special education students reporting victimization and 36.1% admitting to offending others. Statistical significance was found when comparing the special education variable with victimization and offending scores. These findings indicate a cyberbully problem among special educations students.Although gender and grade level findings were consistent with previous research studies and special education findings showed significance, the socioeconomic status variable found lower socioeconomic students report a higher frequency of victimization, yet there were no differences in reports of offending. Further findings revealed socioeconomic status was statistically significant with victimization but not with offending. All of the findings indicate a high prevalence of cyberbullying within the studied school district and provided a foundation for school administration to focus on preventative measures.application/pdfCopyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.Dissertation