Bullying ‘always lingering in back of your mind’

New research has highlighted the impact of cyberbullying on young people, including how some people begin to feel it is impossible to escape once it starts.

Led by Rebecca Dennehy of the School of Public Health at University College Cork, the research, ‘The Psychosocial Impacts of Cybervictimisation and Barriers to Seeking Social Support: Young People’s Perspectives’, is based on the views of 64 young people aged 14 to 17, all from four different schools in one Irish town: