Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Parents are aware of ‘Self-cyberbullying’?



Parents are aware of ‘Self-cyberbullying’?

Scores of teens are SELF-bullying online, report reveals - and experts warn it could be driving up suicide rates

  • A new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health reveals that six percent of teens reported that they had anonymously cyberbullied themselves
  • Researchers investigated 5,593 American middle and high school students between the ages of 12 to 17
  • The study is the first of its kind and indicates that 1 in 20 teens have participated in digital self-harm
  • Boys described their behavior as a joke or way to get attention while girls said they did it because they were depressed 
  • Two teenage girls used the apps Ask.fm and After School to anonymously post abusive comments about themselves leading up to their suicides
Source | http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Research Available @ http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(17)30313-0/fulltext

PR | Free Press | 1st November 2017



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Pralhad Jadhav  

Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository  
Khaitan & Co 



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