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Cyber Bullying Affects One in 10 Students
Written on 4 Jul, 2009 at 13:05 in Featured, General | viewed 644 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Bullying still makes life miserable for plenty of students, only these days some aggressors apparently operate electronically. A new study shows that many children in grades 6 through 10 have either bullied classmates or been bullied by them, sometimes online or through cell phones. According to the study, 20.8 percent of respondents reported being perpetrators or victims of physical bullying in the past two months; 53.6 percent were victims of verbal bullying; 51.4 percent were victims of relational bullying, which involves social exclusion, and 13.6 percent of cyber bullying on a computer, cell phone or other electronic device. Full Story : Forbes.com….
Bullying linked to depression, anxiety in adults
Written on 24 Apr, 2008 at 7:48 in Self Help | viewed 192 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
In a study of 210 college students, University of Florida researchers discovered a link between what psychologists call relational victimization in adolescence and depression and anxiety in early adulthood. There is no gender difference in the link between this type of bullying and depression. Rather than threatening a child with physical violence, usually bullies target a child’s social status and relationships by shunning them, excluding them from social activities or spreading rumors. Currently, there are few prevention or intervention programs that focus specifically on relational victimization, in part because it’s tougher to pinpoint and stop.
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