STUDIES / BULLYING: Cyberbullying Not as Common as Regular Bullying [STUDY]

Cyberbullying has become a critical issue in recent years thanks to the proliferation of social media, but according to new data, traditional face-to-face bullying is still far more common among today’s youth.

New research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 120th Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. found that cyberbullying — which takes place online or via a mobile phone — isn’t growing as rapidly as once thought.

“Claims by the media and researchers that cyberbullying has increased dramatically and is now the big school bullying problem are largely exaggerated,” said psychologist Dan Olweus of the University of Bergen, Norway,in a statement. “There is very little scientific support to show that cyberbullying has increased over the past five to six years, and this form of bullying is actually a less frequent phenomenon.”

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