General Article Cyberbullying affects one in five youngsters in UK

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The study, commissioned by leading children’s charity the National Children’s Bureau on behalf of its Wellcome Trust-funded PEAR young people’s group, examined the scale of cyberbullying and the negative effect it has on young people’s mental health.
Cyberbullying is a relatively new problem which involves people using the Internet or mobile phones to distribute text or images to harass, hurt or embarrass another person.
Niamh O’Brien, Research Fellow, Steven Walker and Dr Tina Moules, Director...

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