According to a review, Cyberbullying takes place frequently among adolescents and it could lead to increased risk of depression and anxiety, especially in the beginning of adulthood.

It was found that bullied kids have more chances of getting depressed and are more likely to be female; the problem arises mostly as a result of relationships.

According to review author Michele Hamm, a research associate with the Alberta Research Center for Health Evidence at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, "When children and youth are cyberbullied, they are often reluctant to tell anyone. Prevention and management efforts are likely necessary at multiple levels, involving adolescents, parents, teachers and health care professionals”.

The review was launched by researchers to know better about cyberbullying, which according to them, is bullying via social media and not in private conversations by Skype or text messages.

Hamm said that they wanted to determine whether there was evidence that social media could adversely affect kids. New findings have been published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The researchers analyzed 36 studies and most of them were from the United States. Out of these, 17 reports examined how often cyberbullying took place. It was found by researchers that a median of 23% of kids reported that they have bullied via social media.

According to Robert Faris, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis, it could not be concluded just from watching the news that almost every child in America is being bullied.