Yusra Zafar2025-11-272025-11-272024https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/13093The current study aimed at exploring the relationships between Cyber Victimization, Social Intelligence and Interpersonal Dependence in Emerging Adults. A total of 402 college and university students participated (men=204 and women=198) with the age range of 17-25 (M=19.2 years) through purposive sampling. The data were taken from using demographic sheet, Cyber Victimization scale, Social Intelligence scale and Interpersonal Dependence) scale. The results showed that cyber victimization had significant negative correlation with Social Intelligence, significant positive association with interpersonal dependence. Whereas, social intelligence has a significant negative association with interpersonal dependence. Moreover, it was seen that men were more prone to cyber victimization and less vulnerable to interpersonal dependence on the other hand no gender differences were found in social intelligence. Other than that, graduate students have more scores of cyber victimization, and interpersonal dependence in distinction to intermediate students, having more social intelligence. Furthermore, late emerging adults have higher level of cyber victimization and interpersonal dependence in them while social intelligence was higher in early emerging adults. Findings of the study would be useful for more awareness sessions regarding cyber victimization, the impact on social intelligence and interpersonal dependence, related therapeutic interventions can be designed and given to the emerging adults.enThesis