<p>Emotional responses may include high levels of ongoing stress, anxiety, fear, nightmares, shock and disbelief, helplessness, hyper-vigilance, eating and sleeping difficulties, according to a new study.<br /><br />"Increasingly, stalkers use modern technology to monitor and torment their victims," said Elizabeth Carll, who heads the media division of the American Psychological Association (APA). <br /><br />"One in four victims report some form of cyberstalking, such as threatening e-mails or instant messaging," she said.<br /><br />"The impact is more devastating due to the 24/7 nature of online communication, inability to escape to a safe place and global access of the information," she added.<br /><br />US Justice Department statistics reveal that some 850,000 adults, majority females, are targets of cyberstalking each year, Carll said according to an APA statement.<br /><br />Forty percent of women have experienced dating violence via social media which includes harassing text messages and disturbing information about them on social media sites.<br /><br />Researchers examined data collected in 2009 from 1,112 students, ages 12 to 19, including 405 females, from schools in Seoul and the Keonggi area of South Korea.<br /><br />The students completed a questionnaire about their cyberbullying experiences, self-esteem and how they regulate their emotions.<br /><br />"The results revealed that cyberbullying makes students socially anxious, lonely, frustrated, sad and helpless," said presenter YeoJu Chung of South Korea's Kyungil University.</p>
<p>Emotional responses may include high levels of ongoing stress, anxiety, fear, nightmares, shock and disbelief, helplessness, hyper-vigilance, eating and sleeping difficulties, according to a new study.<br /><br />"Increasingly, stalkers use modern technology to monitor and torment their victims," said Elizabeth Carll, who heads the media division of the American Psychological Association (APA). <br /><br />"One in four victims report some form of cyberstalking, such as threatening e-mails or instant messaging," she said.<br /><br />"The impact is more devastating due to the 24/7 nature of online communication, inability to escape to a safe place and global access of the information," she added.<br /><br />US Justice Department statistics reveal that some 850,000 adults, majority females, are targets of cyberstalking each year, Carll said according to an APA statement.<br /><br />Forty percent of women have experienced dating violence via social media which includes harassing text messages and disturbing information about them on social media sites.<br /><br />Researchers examined data collected in 2009 from 1,112 students, ages 12 to 19, including 405 females, from schools in Seoul and the Keonggi area of South Korea.<br /><br />The students completed a questionnaire about their cyberbullying experiences, self-esteem and how they regulate their emotions.<br /><br />"The results revealed that cyberbullying makes students socially anxious, lonely, frustrated, sad and helpless," said presenter YeoJu Chung of South Korea's Kyungil University.</p>