The Investigation of The Relationships Between Adolescent Problem Solving Skills and Behavior of Coping with Cyber Bullying

The aim of this study is to investigate the predictive relationships between adolescents' problem solving skills and coping with cyberbullying. The participants are 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students who attend secondary education institutions in Kars province centre in the 2015-2016 school year. Problem Solving Skills Questionnaire, The Scale on Coping with Cyber Bullying towards Adolescents were used as data collection tools in the study. Pearson Correlation Analysis, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis were used on the data obtained in the research. As a result of the research, it is observed that the correlations between problem solving abilities and cyber bullying coping behaviours are low, negative and meaningful. Another result of the study indicates that the relation between the social support search behaviour in cyber bullying as self-confidence approach dimension of problem solving skills; cyber bullying help search behaviour as problem-solving skills in a planned and hasty approach dimension; avoidance of problem-solving skills as the avoidance of cyber-bullying dimension is negative and significant