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Some 16 percent of children aged 11 to 15 were cyberbullied in 2022, up from 13 percent four years ago, a"This report is a wake-up call for all of us to address bullying and violence, whenever and wherever it happens," WHO regional director for Europe Hans KlugeFifteen percent of boys and 16 percent of girls reported being cyberbullied at least once in recent months, according to the study, entitled"Health Behaviour in School-aged Children".
"Virtual forms of peer violence have become particularly relevant since the onset of the pandemic, when young people's worlds became increasingly virtual during times of lockdown," the report said.Eleven percent of boys and girls reported being bullied at school at least two or three times a month in the past couple of months, compared to 10 percent four years ago.The highest levels of cyberbullying were experienced by boys in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Moldova and Poland, while the lowest levels were reported in Spain, the WHO said without providing detailed data. "With young people spending up to six hours online every single day, even small changes in the rates of bullying and violence can have profound implications for the health and well-being of thousands," KlugeOne adolescent in eight admitted cyberbullying others, an increase of three percentage points from 2018, the report said. The number of adolescents who engaged in physical fighting meanwhile remained stable over the four-year period at 10 percent – 14 percent for boys and six percent for girls. The study was based on data from 279,000 children and adolescents from 44 countries across Europe, Central Asia and Canada.Parents' socioeconomic status made little difference in children's behaviour, the report found. Canada was however an exception, where less advantaged youths were more likely to experience bullying. There, 27 percent of girls belonging to the 20 percent least affluent families said they had been subjected to bullying at school, compared to 21 percent of girls among the 20 percent most affluent families."More investment in the monitoring of different forms of peer violence is needed," it said. "There is also an urgent need to educate young people, families and schools of the forms of cyberbullying and its implications, while regulating social media platforms to limit exposures to cyberbullying," it concluded.
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