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The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of adolescent personal variables(self control, aggression), family variables(family function), school variables(school life adjustment) and socio- demographic variables, on cyber bullying experience and the relative significance of those variables. The subjects were 404(149 male, 255 female) middle school students at G city in Jeonnam province. They completed the Cyber Bullying Questionnaire, Korean version of Aggression Questionnaire, Family Functioning Questionnaire, and School Life Adjustment Questionnaire. Statistical analyses of data were frequency, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and multiple Regression. Cronbach's alpha was computed for the reliability of the scales. SPSSWIN 21.0 was used for data analysis. The results were as follows: First, immediate pursuit of satisfaction and physical aggression had significant effects on cyber bullying experience. Immediate pursuit of satisfaction and hostility had significant effects on cyber bullying victim experience. Second, sharing time with family had significant effects on cyber bullying experience. Adolescents with more sharing time with family showed less cyber bullying experience. However, no subscale of family functioning had significant effects on cyber bullying victim experience. Third, peer relationship had significant effects on cyber bullying and victim experience. Fourth, gender and smartphone using time had significant effects on adolescent cyber bullying experience. Male adolescents experienced higher cyber bullying experience than female adolescents. The more adolescents used smartphone, the higher they experienced higher cyber bullying and victim experience. Fifth, it was found that physical aggression, smartphone using time, immediate pursuit of satisfaction, sharing time with family, sex, peer relationship, family closeness, had significant influences on cyber bullying experience, whereas hostility, immediate pursuit of satisfaction, peer relationship had significant influences on cyber bullying victim experience.