University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of School Psychology 22520821 12 3 2023 09 23 The Role of Irrational Beliefs and Social competence in Predicting Students' Cyber Bullying Experiences The Role of Irrational Beliefs and Social competence in Predicting Students' Cyber Bullying Experiences 125 116 2385 10.22098/jsp.2023.7959.4510 FA Vahid Fallahi Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran. Mohammad Narimani Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran. Akbar Atadokht Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran Journal Article 2020 10 28 Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of irrational beliefs and social competence in predicting students' cyber bullying experience.<br />Methods: The method of this research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study consists of all male students of the second year of public high schools in Ardabil province in the academic year 2019-2020 (N = 21756). A total of 409 of these individuals were selected by cluster random sampling from the above statistical population and individually answered the questionnaires of bullying-cyberbullying experience, irrational beliefs and social competence. The data collected in this study were analyzed using Pearson correlation tests and multiple regression analysis.<br />Results: The results of correlation coefficient showed that cyber bullying experience has a positive relationship with irrational beliefs (p <0.001; r = 0.45) and a negative and significant relationship with social competence (p = 0.001; r = -0.41). <br />Conclosion: regression analysis also showed that irrational beliefs in a positive way and social competence in a negative way are able to predict the experience of cyber bullying in students. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of irrational beliefs and social competence in predicting students' cyber bullying experience.<br />Methods: The method of this research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study consists of all male students of the second year of public high schools in Ardabil province in the academic year 2019-2020 (N = 21756). A total of 409 of these individuals were selected by cluster random sampling from the above statistical population and individually answered the questionnaires of bullying-cyberbullying experience, irrational beliefs and social competence. The data collected in this study were analyzed using Pearson correlation tests and multiple regression analysis.<br />Results: The results of correlation coefficient showed that cyber bullying experience has a positive relationship with irrational beliefs (p <0.001; r = 0.45) and a negative and significant relationship with social competence (p = 0.001; r = -0.41). <br />Conclosion: regression analysis also showed that irrational beliefs in a positive way and social competence in a negative way are able to predict the experience of cyber bullying in students. https://jsp.uma.ac.ir/article_2385_0c52f567a6002d4aa7b9a522c1a52ea6.pdf