Abstract
The current study addressed one of the most important problems facing human societies, which is the phenomenon of cyberbullying, applied to the Sultanate of Oman. The study followed a mixed approach, represented by the documentary and qualitative approaches - the grounded theory method. The study community represented documents related to cyberbullying in terms of its nature, forms, parties, effects, and strategies to confront it. A sample of experts in basic education schools, numbering 8 experts, and semi-standardized interview questions were used as a tool to monitor their perceptions, while verifying the necessary values of objectivity and reliability. The results of the study revealed the prevalence of cyberbullying among post-primary education students, and that the forms of cyberbullying practiced by students are centered around five forms: harassment, exclusion, defamation, circulating rumors, and publishing embarrassing photos or videos. As for the factors that lead to the spread of cyberbullying among students, the participants linked it to four factors: age, educational level, parental upbringing, the breadth of friend networks, and economic and social conditions. Regarding strategies to confront cyberbullying, the participants’ responses centered around three strategies for participation: the formal confrontation strategy, the social confrontation response, and the cognitive confrontation strategy.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53542/2522-2279.1459
- Journal
- Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 17(1), 148-162
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Al Saidi, F., Al-Maamri, S. B. N., & Al Badawi, R. (2026). Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Cyberbullying Among Post-Primary Education Students in the Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 17(1), 148-162. https://doi.org/10.53542/2522-2279.1459
MLA 9
Al Saidi, Fawziya, et al. "Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Cyberbullying Among Post-Primary Education Students in the Sultanate of Oman." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol. 17, no. 1, 2026, pp. 148-162. https://doi.org/10.53542/2522-2279.1459.
Chicago (author–date)
Al Saidi, Fawziya, Saif Bin Naser Al-Maamri, and Rahma Al Badawi. 2026. "Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Cyberbullying Among Post-Primary Education Students in the Sultanate of Oman." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 17 (1): 148-162. https://doi.org/10.53542/2522-2279.1459.
Harvard
Al Saidi, F., Al-Maamri, S. B. N. and Al Badawi, R. (2026) 'Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Cyberbullying Among Post-Primary Education Students in the Sultanate of Oman', Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 17(1), pp. 148-162. doi:10.53542/2522-2279.1459.
Vancouver
Al Saidi F, Al-Maamri SBN, Al Badawi R. Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Cyberbullying Among Post-Primary Education Students in the Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. 2026;17(1):148-162. doi:10.53542/2522-2279.1459
IEEE
F. Al Saidi, S. B. N. Al-Maamri, and R. Al Badawi, "Social Workers’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Cyberbullying Among Post-Primary Education Students in the Sultanate of Oman," Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 148-162, 2026, doi: 10.53542/2522-2279.1459.