Title

Effect of video-assisted teaching on cyberbullying awareness among adolescents

Authors

Rajendra D Kharadi¹, Karthikadevi Mariappan², Jignasaben Patani³, B. Mahalakshmi^4,*, Gnanadesigan Ekambaram⁵, S. Jothimani⁶, P. Jamunarani⁷, S. Nandha kumar⁷ & N. Siva Subramanian⁸

Affiliation

¹Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Dr.N.D Desai Faculty of Medical Science and Research, Dharamsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Paediatric Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research ;Porur, Chennai-600116, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Community Medicine, Nootan Medical College & Research Centre, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ⁴Department of Paediatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ⁵Department of Physiology, Nootan Medical College and Research Centre, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ⁶Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Hindustan college of Nursing, Chengalpattu, Chennai; ⁷Department of Psychiatric Nursing KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore-641048, Tamilnadu, India; ⁸Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat - 384315, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Rajendra D Kharadi - E-mail: dr.rajendrakharadi@yahoo.com

Jignasaben Patani - E-mail: jignsa.cm@nootanmedical.edu.in

Karthikadevi Mariappan - E-mail: karthika@sriramachandra.edu.in

B. Mahalakshmi - E-mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in

Gnanadesigan Ekambaram - E-mail: edesigan_phy@nootanmedical.edu.in

S. Jothimani - E-mail: jothimani1802@gmail.com

P. Jamunarani - E-mail: jamunarani@kmchcon.ac.in

S. Nandha Kumar - E-mail: vijayanandu84@gmail.com
N Sivasubramanian - E-mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

Cyberbullying is a growing public health concern among adolescents, often leading to serious psychological consequences. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching (VAT) on improving cyberbullying awareness among adolescents in Mehsana district schools. A total of 60 students aged 15-18 years participated in a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. Pre-test results showed 48% of students had poor knowledge, which dropped to 10% post-intervention, with “good” knowledge rising to 60%. A significant increase in mean knowledge scores was observed (t = 9.58, p < 0.05). Among all demographic variables, only religion showed a significant association with pre-test knowledge. The study highlights VAT as a cost-effective and impactful tool for cyberbullying awareness in school settings.

Keywords

Cyberbullying, adolescents, video-assisted teaching, knowledge enhancement, school-based intervention

Citation

Kharadi et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1380-1384 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.