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Being bullied during childhood and the prospective pathways to self-harm in late adolescence
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Lereya, Suzet, Winsper, Catherine, Heron, Jon, Lewis, Glyn, Gunnell, David, Fisher, Helen L. and Wolke, Dieter (2013) Being bullied during childhood and the prospective pathways to self-harm in late adolescence. Journal of the Americam Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 52 (Number 6). pp. 608-618. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2013.03.012 ISSN 0890-8567.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2013.03.012
Abstract
Objective:
To assess whether being bullied between 7 and 10 years of age is directly associated with self-harm in late adolescence when controlling for previous exposure to an adverse family environment (domestic violence, maladaptive parenting); concurrent internalizing and externalizing behavior; and subsequent psychopathology (borderline personality disorder and depression symptoms).
Method:
A total of 4,810 children and adolescents in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort were assessed to ascertain bullying exposure (between 7 and 10 years of age) and self-harm at 16 to 17 years.
Results:
A total of 16.5% of 16- to 17-year-olds reported self-harm in the previous year. Being bullied was associated with an increased risk of self-harm directly, and indirectly via depression symptoms in early adolescence. The association between an adverse family environment (exposure to maladaptive parenting and domestic violence) and self-harm was partially mediated by being bullied.
Conclusions:
Being bullied during childhood increases the risk of self-harm in late adolescence via several distinct pathways, for example, by increasing the risk of depression and by exacerbating the effects of exposure to an adverse family environment; as well as in the absence of these risk exposures. Health practitioners evaluating self-harm should be aware that being bullied is an important potential risk factor
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Bullying, Depression, Mental, Self-injurious behavior, Victims of bullying | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the Americam Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0890-8567 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2013 | ||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 52 | ||||||||
Number: | Number 6 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 608-618 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.03.012 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 December 2015 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2015 | ||||||||
Funder: | Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC), Wellcome Trust (London, England), University of Bristol, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||
Grant number: | 74882 (MRC), 076567 (WT), ES/K003593 (ESRC) |
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