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INTRODUCTION: This study aimed at analyzing the impact of cyber bullying exposure on high school students. METHODS: This research was conducted with 516 randomly selected high school students agreeing to participate from three different schools in Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey. This number (516 students) comprises 41.8% of the total students of these schools. The data were collected by using a personal information form, the Cyber Victimization Scale and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and were analyzed on the SPSS program. The distribution of frequency and percentage are shown in the tables, and a correlation test was conducted between scales. Results: It was found that the average point for cyber victimization was 27.40+4.15. The average point for self-esteem was 21.11+5.81. The average cyber victimization scores of students whose parents were alive and living together were lower, and the victimization scores of students who communicated with people they didn’t know, who put passwords on their mobile phones, and who made video conversations with people they didn’t know were found to be higher than the others. It was observed that there was a negative correlation between the cyber victimization points and the self-esteem points. (r = -0.136 and p = 00) DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It was found that the average point for cyber victimization was 27.40+4.15. The average point for self-esteem was 21.11+5.81. The average cyber victimization scores of students whose parents were alive and living together were lower, and the victimization scores of students who communicated with people they didn’t know, who put passwords on their mobile phones, and who made video conversations with people they didn’t know were found to be higher than the others. It was observed that there was a negative correlation between the cyber victimization points and the self-esteem points. (r = -0.136 and p = 00)

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