The Connected Generation Report 2010, published by Get Connected, found that less than one-third of young people would turn to their mother to discuss a problem, while only one in 20 would speak to their father.
The study discovered that just over half of the 1,000 young people who have used the internet to search for help with a problem found that the information made them more worried than they were before.
Andrew McKnight, chairman of the board of trustees for Get Connected, said: "These results show that there is a need for young people to be able to verify the information they find online and, in many cases, that the vast amount of information available on the internet seems to exacerbate their personal worries further."
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