Social Media Use Disorder in High School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study Examining the Relationship Between Cyber Human Values, Cyberbullying, and Cybervictimization

The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of social media use disorder among adolescents and to investigate the relationship between social media use, level of cyber human values, cyberbullying, or cybervictimization. This study employed a cross-sectional design, with 1571 adolescents enrolled in high school participating in the investigation. Data collection was conducted utilizing the "Social Media Disorder Scale," "Cyber Bullying Scale," "Cyber Victimization Scale," and "Cyber Human Values Scale." Upon examination of the results of the study, it was observed that there was an increase in the prevalence of cyberbullying with age, social media use disorder, and cyber human values being more common in girls (p < 0.05). A negative correlation was observed between adolescents' scores on the cyberbullying scale and their scores on the cyber human values and cybervictimization scales. In our study, negative correlations were observed between social media use disorder scores and cybervictimization scores, while positive correlations were found between cyberbullying scores (p < 0.001). The results demonstrated that social media use disorder was positively correlated with cyberbullying and negatively correlated with cybervictimization (p < 0.001). It is imperative that social media use disorder, cyberbullying, and cybervictimization are given due consideration among adolescents.