Cyberbullying, school bullying, and psychological distress: A regional census of high school students

Recent national attention to several cases of suicide among youth victims of cyberbullying1,2 has raised concerns about its prevalence and psychological impact. Most states now have legislation in place that requires schools to address electronic harassment in their antibully-ing policies,3 yet schools lack information about cyberbullying correlates and consequences and how they may differ from those of school bullying. To inform schools ’ efforts, research is needed that examines the overlap between cyberbullying and school bullying and identifies which youths are targeted with either or both types of bullying. It is also necessary to un-derstand whether the psychological correlate