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October 6th, 2008
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Kids keep adults in the dark about cyber bullying

A new study finds that online bullying is pervasive among teenagers, but few report the incidents to their parents or other adults, CNET reports. Three out of four teens were bullied online over the last year, according to a study released this week by psychologists at the University of California at Los Angeles. And while that number might seem high at the outset, only 1 in 10 of those kids told their parents or another adult about it, the study showed. The anonymous web-based study surveyed 1,454 kids between the ages of 12 and 17. Of those, 41 percent reported between one and three cyber bullying incidents during the year; 13 percent reported four to six incidents; and 19 percent reported seven or more. The psychologists published the results of their research in the September issue of the Journal of School Health. Many teens neglected to tell their parents about the incidents because they believed they "need to learn to deal with it," according to the research. Others kept it to themselves because they feared that their parents would cut back on their internet access…

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