Faye Mishna, Alan McLuckie, and Michael Saini, co-authors of the "Social Work Research" article "Real-World Dangers in an Online Reality: A Qualitative Study Examining Online Relationships and Cyber Abuse", reported the results of their research and observation of over 35,000 individuals between the ages of 6 and 24 who have been or currently are a part of an internet relationship about which they had concerns, and consequently contacted an organization that provided online support. Of the final 346 posts chosen to be included in the study, the average age of online users sharing information about their online relationship(s) was 14 years old. The overwhelming result was that children and youth consider their online relationships to be just as "real" as their offline relationships. The study also showed that the internet plays a crucial role in sexual and romantic experiences of this population of adolescent users.