Bullying victimization in adolescence and psychotic symptomatology in adulthood: evidence from a 35-year study

Psychological Medicine
Joseph M BodenD M Fergusson

Abstract

There has been considerable recent interest in possible causal linkages between exposure to bullying victimization and later psychotic symptomatology. Prior research in this area has had several limitations which make it difficult to ascertain causality, and to determine the extent to which these effects extend beyond adolescence. Data were obtained from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a 35-year study of a longitudinal birth cohort. This investigation used generalized estimating equation modelling to estimate the associations between bullying victimization (ages 13-16 years) and psychotic symptoms (ages 18-35 years), before and after controlling for possible confounding factors, including: gender; childhood socio-economic status; child intelligence quotient; exposure to sexual abuse in childhood; anxious/withdrawn behaviour and attention problems (ages 7-9 years); and adolescent psychotic symptoms and paranoid ideation (ages 15-16 years). There was a significant (p < 0.0001) bivariate association between bullying victimization in adolescence and psychotic symptomatology in adulthood. Successive models controlling for covariation reduced this association to statistical non-significance. After controlling for covar...Continue Reading

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Nov 15, 2017·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·Louise Arseneault
Jun 19, 2018·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Huiping ZhangTao Tao
Apr 16, 2019·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Huiping ZhangRuixin Cao
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