Prevalence of Cyberbullying

Posted by urberkit01 on September 29th, 2015

Effects of Cyberbullying and help needed through bullying speaker:

Highlighting the severity, gravity, and real-world ramifications of cyberspace-based harm, recent research has found that cyberbullying leads to negative emotions such as sadness, anger, frustration, embarrassment, or fear, and these emotions have been correlated with delinquency and interpersonal violence among youth. Cyberbullying has also been linked to low self-esteem and suicidal ideation, recent school difficulties, assaultive conduct, substance use, carrying a weapon to school, and traditional bullying offending and victimization. For these reasons, prevention and response strategies by schools and parents must be in place to preempt these negative outcomes.

For More Information

If you would like more information about identifying, preventing, and responding to cyberbullying, please visit http://hinduja.org/ . Dr. Sameer Hinduja – Cyberbullying speaker, administrate that site, and we have worked with them to inform and educate others about this growing problem. Their site provides cyberbullying research, stories, cases, fact sheets, tips and strategies, current news headlines on the topic, a frequently-updated blog, and a number of other helpful resources. It also has downloadable resources for educators and parents to use and distribute as needed. With great efforts from bullying expert  the site is providing all necessary services required.