Girls are more likely to be victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying,reports a poll released last week.
The survey questioned 92 school children, aged 11 to 16, and found thatgirls were most likely to be victims or bullies than boys. Theresearchers from Goldsmith College at the University of London foundsignificant gender differences in the amount of bullying by phone or bytext message.
Researcher Professor Peter Smith said this was unusual. "Usually youfind there's not much sex difference in the victims, but boys tend to bethe bully more often. That's true of physical bullying and, to a lesserextent, verbal bullying. The finding is probably because cyberbullyingis more like relationship bullying - it's about rumours and that's morecommon among girls."
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