Bullying has been a childhood problem for many and has been recognized as a serious problem. Campbell (2005) cites Peterson (2001) who states that bullying is “the abusive treatment of a person by force or coercion” (qtd. in Campbell, 2005). Bullying is painful and can happen for no reason. It is a quick fix to make the bully feel satisfied and assert power (Campbell 2005). Cyberbullying is just one form of bullying and involves many different methods of harassing an individual. Using the Internet through websites such as Facebook and Twitter, along with instant messaging on computers and text messaging on cell phones, allows the bully to target a victim by taking advantage of anonymity. The anonymity of cyberbullying allows the use of technology to attack a victim without having to be in the same location as the victim and many times without the victim ever finding out who the attacker is (Nuccitelli, 2012, p. 20). Cell phone usage and ownership along with technology have progressed over the last decade. According to Miah and Omar (2013), cyberbullying has become so common “with over half of adolescents and young adults having been victims of online bullying and approximately the same number having committed acts of cyberbullying”. Newspapers often report that in school violence events many times the perpetrator was a victim of bullying – a potential risk factor. Bullying has been linked to mental health through research studies, most specifically through the form of cyberbullying. Research has shown that children who are victims of bullying develop psychological distress due to isolation, threat, and/or physical aggression (Arseneault, Bowes, & Shakoor, 2010). Middle school is a difficult time for young people as they are in the in-between stages…halfway through…disease control and prevention. Retrieved November 16, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pub/youth_suicide.html University of Texas at Arlington. (n.d.). UTA Criteria for IRB Approval. Retrieved November 18, 2013, from http://www.uta.edu/research/administration/departments/rs/human-subjects-irb/criteria-for-approval.php Wagner, MD, PhD, KD (2007). Bullying and Risk for Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents.Psychiatric Times, 58. Retrieved November 11, 2013, from http://campus.westlaw.com.ezproxy.uta.edu/result/default.wl?cfid=1&mt=CampusNewsBus&origin=Search&query = (BULLYING)+%26+(SUICIDE)&db=PSYCHTIMES&rlt=CLID_QRYRLT405902716181211&method=TNC&service=Search&eq=search&rp=%2fSearch%2fdefault.wl&sp=000649297-2000&srch=TRUE&vr=2.0&dups =False&action=If arch&rltdb=CLID_DB1845716181211&sv=Split&fmqv=s&fn= _top&rs= SCRN1.0