RELIGIOSITY AND ETHNOCENTRISM AS PREDICTORS OF CYBER-AGGRESSION AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA.
This study investigated the predictive role of religiosity and ethnocentrism on cyber-aggressive behaviour among undergraduates of three randomly selected Federal Universities in Southeast Nigeria. A total number of 1,011 undergraduates were randomly selected from the student population. They comprised 397 male (39.3%) and 614 female students (60.7%), with ages ranging from 16 to 40 years, a mean age of 22.7 years and a standard deviation of 2.89. Three self-report survey instruments, namely the Religious Affiliation Scale (RAS) (Omoluabi, 1995), the Ethnocentrism Scale (E.S.) (Neuliep & McCroskey, 2013), and the Cyber-aggression Typology Questionnaire (CATQ) (Runions, Bak & Shaw, 2017) were utilised to collect data for the study. Multiple regression statistics was employed for data analysis using SPSS Statistics v25. The result showed that religiosity did not predict cyber-aggression among undergraduates (β =.27, P ˃.05). However, ethnocentrism predicted cyber-aggression among undergraduates (β =.28, P<.01). It was recommended that activities such as creating awareness that promote attitude change, negate social loafing, and reduce the perpetration of cyber-aggression is necessary.