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55% of online harassment aggressors at "distressing" levels (amongst kids ages 10-15) are female

Topic: Violence, Digital

Source

Citation: Online Harassment in Context: Trends From Three Youth Internet Safety Surveys (2000, 2005, 2010), pp. 63-64
Author(s): Jones, Mitchell, Finkelhor
Institution(s): University of New Hampshire

Link: http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/Online%20Harassment%20in%20Context.pdf


Nation(s): United States
Year(s): 2010
Source: Primary
Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

"Distressing harassment" was defined as online harassment incidents in which youth rated themselves very or extremely upset or afraid asa result of the incident (4 or 5 on a scale of 1 to 5).