This isshown by a number of studies that link cyberbul-lying to depression, school problems, low self-esteem and even self-harm (Price and Dalgleish,2010;ˇSl ́eglov ́a andˇCern ́a, 2011; Vandebosch etal., 2006).

Recent studies havereported cybervictimization rates amongteenagers that vary between 20% and40%.