Cyberbullying on the Rise

Hi Maria,

This was in the St. Petersburg Times.

• 18 percent of students in Grades 6-8 said they've been cyberbullied at least once in the past two months.
• 11 percent of students in Grade 6-8 said they had cyberbullied another person at least once in the last two months.
• Almost one in five regular Internet users between 10 to 17 reported being involved in online aggression; 15 percent had been aggressors, 7 percent had been targets, and 3 percent were both aggressors and targets.
• 17 percent of the 6 to 11-year-olds and 36 percent of the 12 to 17-year-olds reported that someone said threatening or embarrassing things about them through e-mail, instant messages, Web sites, chat rooms or text messages.
• Girls were about twice as likely as boys to be victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying

Source: Health Resources and Service Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.