Cyber-bullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person
(Bartol &Bartol, 2011). By definition, it occurs among young people. When an adult is involved,
it may meet the definition of cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking, a crime that can have legal
consequences and involve jail time.
Severe cyber-bullying can leave victims at greater risk for
anxiety, depression, and other stress-related disorders. In very rare cases, some kids have turned
to suicide. As a victim you often suffer from self-esteem, according to research. Additionally, it
affects them psychologically and emotionally as they struggle with anger, frustration, and
sadness. Finally, there are behavioral consequences as they often act out - either externally
through fights, school delinquency, and sometimes criminal behavior, or internally through self-
harm and even suicide.
Cyber-bullies are generally a product of their environment where they
are verbally or physically abused or, they may be just spoiled rotten and bored enough to make
other people's lives miserable. In groups of Cyber-bullies they feel they are strong because they
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- Spring '11
- Victim, Psychological trauma, Bartol
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