Abstract:

This research is for examining the predictive relationship between virtual bullying, body image and emotional intelligence in adolescents. The study group of the study consists of 521 students, 213 of whom are female and 308 of whom are male, studying in different high schools in Istanbul, which is determined by simple random set sampling method. In the research, Cyber Bullying Scale, Emotional Intelligence Scale, Multidimensional Body Evaluation Scale and personal information form were used to determine the demographic characteristics of the participants. In the study, structural equality model analysis was carried out to test the relationships between adolescents' virtual bullying, body image and emotional intelligence. As a result of the study, when the predictive relationships between emotional intelligence and body satisfaction of adolescents were examined, it was observed that there was a positive linear relationship. In other words, the findings have been found to increase the body satisfaction of adolescents with the increase of emotional intelligence of adolescents. At the same time, when the predictive relationships between emotional intelligence and adolescent bullying of adolescents were examined, it was observed that there was a negative linear relationship. In other words, the findings revealed that adolescents will decrease in their cyber bullying as their emotional intelligence increases.

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