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Journal for Adolescent Health Shows that Cyber-Bullying has Far Reaching Effects

 

 

Bullying has now taken on a new dimension--it's not limited to the school yard and is increasingly being conducted in electronic media--instant messaging, chat rooms, e-mail, text messaging, and the Interned--and schools will feel the impact of that form of bullying, as well, according to a series of articles in a recent issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.  The study found that 64 percent of youth who are harassed online are not harassed or bullied at school.  So far as school mental health services are concerned, it may not make much difference whether students are being bullied electronically or in person, the researchers concluded: many of the same behavioral and psychological consequences may follow either form of harassment.  That makes it important that school professionals understand the specific details of the online bullying and can help the youth identify a prospective plan for dealing with it.  Articles relating to bullying published in the December 2007 Supplement issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health are available in full at 

http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/jah/home.  

 

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