Amanda Giordano, licensed professional counselor and associate professor of counseling at UGA, found that social media addiction is associated with cyberbullying perpetration in adolescents.
"What we found in our final model was that being male, spending more hours online, and then having higher social media addiction scores, were all predictive of engaging in cyberbullying perpetration among our sample, she said. "So that means the more social media addiction that's present, the higher the likelihood that an individual may engage in cyberbullying."
Giordano said cyberbullying can take many forms, including personal attacks, misrepresentation, and sharing someone's private information.