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ERIC Number: ED618521
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupted Both School Bullying and Cyberbullying. Working Paper 29590
Bacher-Hicks, Andrew; Goodman, Joshua; Green, Jennifer G.; Holt, Melissa
National Bureau of Economic Research
One-fifth of U.S. high school students report being bullied each year. We use internet search data for real-time tracking of bullying patterns as COVID-19 disrupted in-person schooling. We first show that, prepandemic, internet searches contain useful information about actual bullying behavior. We then show that searches for school bullying and cyberbullying dropped 30-35 percent as schools shifted to remote learning in spring 2020. The gradual return to in-person instruction starting in fall 2020 partially returns bullying searches to pre-pandemic levels. This rare positive effect may partly explain recent mixed evidence on the pandemic's impact on students' mental health and well-being.
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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