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Youth bullying is a global public health problem; Internet addiction is on the rise globally among youths. Because the linkage between these behaviors has not been clearly explicated, this integrative review evaluated the relevant empirical evidence. A search of fve electronic databases identifed 2,761 original citations published between January 2000 and May 2019. After further abstract screening and detailed evaluation of 262 full-text articles, the fnal sample consisted of 14 prospective descriptive studies representing 10 countries. Review results clearly established that the relationship between bullying and Internet addiction is frmly supported; less is known as to the contribution of gender, age, and other demographic variables, their impact on health outcomes, problematic behaviors, and the role of parental mediation. Inconsistent defnitions and instrumentation and lack of sophisticated study designs limited the synthesis of fndings. Future research is needed to explicate these relationships, so data-driven interventions can be developed.Youth bullying remains a major public health problem internationally (Elgar et al., 2015; World Health Organization [WHO], 2012). Composite fndings support that approximately one-third of youths across the globe have been victimized by bullying (Elgar et al., 2015; Modecki et al., 2014). Bullying has traditionally been defned as being “exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons, and he or she has difculty defending himself or herself” (Olweus, 1993). Although the concept ofbullying had been construed somewhat diferently by policy-makers and researcher internationally, common concepts across current defnitions include aggression, repetition, power imbalance, intent, and victimization (Gladden et al., 2014; Srabstein & Leventhal, 2010).Although bullying prevention has been a global public health initiative for the past 2 decades (Srabstein & Leventhal, 2010), no signifcant reduction in youth bullying has been realized (Due & Holstein, 2008; Elgar et al., 2015; Modecki et al., 2014; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2018).