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New findings on mobile phone bullying.(BULLYING & VIOLENCE)
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Youth Studies Australia
- Article date:
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March 1, 2008
- Author:
- Gross, Kate
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Preliminary results from a Queensland study suggest that almost all teenagers experience mobile phone bullying. In the Queensland University of Technology study of 218 Queensland teenagers, 93.6% had experienced mobile phone bullying in some form. Associate Professor Judy Drennan, who led the study, said it indicated that boys tended to experience more mobile phone bullying than girls, but that girls were more likely than boys to be upset by it. According to the study, girls are distressed by ...