Bullying victimization in youths and mental health problems: ‘Much ado about nothing’?

By Louise Arseneault, L. Bowes, Sania Shakoor. Psychological Medicine, 2009

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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Adult health outcomes of childhood bullying victimization: evidence from a five-decade longitudinal British birth cohort. (2014, background): “and contributes to the development of mental health problems early in life (1).”
The Longitudinal Interplay between Bullying, Victimization, and Social Status: Age-related and Gender Differences (2015, background): “…indicate that victims are worse off than bullies, not only in terms of social adjustment in the peer group but also in terms of their increased relative risk for other adjustment problems given the consistency in the peer-related difficulties they are faced with (Arseneault et al., 2010).”
Do the victims of school bullies tend to become depressed later in life? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of longitudinal studies (2011, background): “For children who are the targets of bullying, outcomes also seem to be undesirable according to a recent narrative review (Arseneault et al., 2010).”
Is school bullying really on the rise? (2011, background): “By the beginning of the 21st century, reports from a wide range of studies in many countries reflected a growing concern about school bullying (Rigby 2003; Arseneault et al. 2009 ) and also a wide variety of initiatives being undertaken to address the problem (Smith et al. 2004).”
Adult Psychiatric and Suicide Outcomes of Bullying and Being Bullied by Peers in Childhood and Adolescence (2013, neutral): “The findings are consistent with previous research in suggesting widespread psychiatric problems and social/family hardships for victims and bullies/victims.(12) Bullies looked similar to bully/victims, with high levels of disruptive behavior disorders and family hardships, but they were not signifi”
Long-term effects of bullying (2013, background): “41 52 Furthermore, most studies considered bullies and bully/victims together; however, as outlined above, the two roles are quite different with bullies often highly competent manipulators and ringleaders, while bully/victims are described as impulsive and poor in regulating their emotions.”
Comparing children's experiences of schools-based bullying across countries (2017, background): “Arseneault et al. (2010) reviewed a range of research showing that children who are bullied are at elevated risk of internalizing problems – social isolation, depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal ideations and suicide attempts – and externalizing problems such as violent behaviour, carrying a…”
Impact of Bullying in Childhood on Adult Health, Wealth, Crime and Social Outcomes (2013, neutral): “…physical health problems, emotional and psychological problems (Reijntjes, Kamphuis, Prinzie, & Telch, 2010), and reduced academic achievement (Arseneault et al., 2010; Nakamoto & Schwartz, Corresponding Author: Dieter Wolke, Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL,…”
Cyberbullying: An overrated phenomenon? (2012, critical): “[In these analyses, I see poor self-esteem largely as an effect or consequence of bullying and not the other way around, poor self-esteem “causing” more bullying – the latter being a position that is contradicted by a lot of evidence (e. g.,Arseneault et al., 2008; Arseneault et al., 2010; Olweus, 2”