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Victims say face-to-face bullying worse than cyber-attacks

Wednesday 1st April 2015

Victims say face-to-face bullying worse than cyber-attacks
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Students taking part in a recent Australian survey, led by QUT, ranked face-to-face bullying as more harmful than cyberbullying. The study showed that 59 percent of the participating children felt face-to-face bullying was worse for them than being cyberbullied.

The 156 participants, involved in the latest research, were drawn from a larger case study sample of 3,112 students from across 29 different schools in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. The research, led and supervised by Professor Marilyn Campbell from QUT's Faculty of Education, investigated the students' responses to both cyber and face-to-face bullying and asked which was more hurtful.

Professor Campbell said the children's reactions included feeling hurt, depressed, frightened, anxious, embarrassed and worthless. She said based on these responses it appeared that when students felt significantly helpless to act in response to their victimisation, it affected their interpretation of which form of bullying was worse. She said the study had ramifications for schools and guidance counsellors.

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