Results from a new study in Finland have found that teenagers who "cyberbully" other people on the Internet or via cell phone--or who are the victims of this bullying themselves--are more likely to have both psychiatric and physical problems than the general population. Scientists found a higher incidence of such psychiatric symptoms as behavioral, attention, and emotional problems among both cyberbullies and their victims. Teens in these groups were also to suffer physical symptoms such as...
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