About one in four children and adolescents on average report being the targets of cyberbullying, which is linked to a risk of depression among those victimized through email, texting or social media sites like Facebook, an international research review has found.
The analysis of 36 studies, conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta and the Ontario Centre for Excellence for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Ottawa, was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
“Within the depression category, there was a consistent association between exposure to cyberbullying and an increased likelihood of depression,” said lead author Michele Hamm, a research associate at the Edmonton university.
The studies showed that females are more often the objects of cyberbullying than males and that relationship issues — between friends or in a dating situation — are often at the heart of the electronic attacks. Read more on Ctvnews.
Remember a messages sent, is sent. with no form of return. That’s not just a message, but rather a potential message going viral. On a higher note, someone bullied and after overcoming and regains their strength back will never be in a position of power to forgive as humble as one my be, even if they want and wish, since the bullier will never be able to return what was taken away from the bullied. It’s not like a physical damage that can one day be returned. Once sent it’s a point of no return. I wonder how can and if there is any form of repent on a viral text? And exactly how the highest force Hashem views such an act of bad?