Friday, May 1, 2015
William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying
New research suggests that the consequences from being bullied by peers may have a greater impact on mental health in adulthood than originally thought. What’s more, the impact may even be worse long-term for bullied kids than being maltreated by adults.
To determine the effects of bullying on mental health, researchers compared young adults in the United States and the United Kingdom who had been maltreated, bullied or both during childhood. The participants from the U.S. were part of the Great Smoky Mountain Study while participants from the U.K. were part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The conclusions were presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting and published in The Lancet Psychiatry....