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Madalaimuthu Anthony, Ganesh Kumar J. Amalanadhan Felix
CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru Immaculate College for Women
Adolescent suicide accounts for one third of suicides in India. Adolescents in the period
of stress undergo self-doubt and other psychosocial issues leading to crisis. In today’s
virtual interactions, cyber bullying is a major cause of concern. This study aims to
explore the relationship among cyber bullying, goal instability, depression, and suicidal
ideation among adolescents. Data was collected using the self-report questionnaire
designed in Google Form. From December 19, 2021, to January 10, 2022, 108
participants completed Socio Demographic Profile developed by the researchers and
Adolescent Cyber-bulling scale by Sofia Buela et al. (2020), Goal Instability scale by
Robbins and Patton (1985), depression by Kutcher (2006) and Brief Rating Symptoms
Scale by Lung et al. (2008). The results revealed that cyber bullying, depression, and
suicidal ideation had a significant and positive relationship whereas goal instability had
significant and negative relationship with suicidal ideation and depression among the
adolescents. A significant difference was found in cyber bullying and suicidal ideation
based on gender. Partial correlation analysis showed that relationship among cyber
bullying, depression and suicidal ideation significantly increased after controlling for
goal instability and gender. Suicidal ideation is seen more among girls. This finding will
be useful in designing counseling and intervention programs