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Does childhood bullying predict eating disorder symptoms? A prospective, longitudinal analysis
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Copeland, William E., Bulik, Cynthia M., Zucker, Nancy, Wolke, Dieter, Lereya, Suzet Tanya and Costello, Elizabeth Jane (2015) Does childhood bullying predict eating disorder symptoms? A prospective, longitudinal analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48 (8). pp. 1141-1149. doi:10.1002/eat.22459 ISSN 0276-3478.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.22459
Abstract
Objective:
Bullying is a common childhood experience with enduring psychosocial consequences. The aim of this study was to test whether bullying increases risk for eating disorder symptoms.
Method:
Ten waves of data on 1,420 participants between ages 9 and 25 were used from the prospective population-based Great Smoky Mountains Study. Structured interviews were used to assess bullying involvement and symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as well as associated features. Bullying involvement was categorized as not involved, bully only, victim only, or both bully and victim (bully-victims).
Results:
Within childhood/adolescence, victims of bullying were at increased risk for symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as well as associated features. These associations persisted after accounting for prior eating disorder symptom status as well as preexisting psychiatric status and family adversities. Bullies were at increased risk of symptoms of bulimia and associated features of eating disorders, and bully-victims had higher levels of anorexia symptoms. In terms of individual items, victims were at risk for binge eating, and bully-victims had more binge eating and use of vomiting as a compensatory behavior. There was little evidence in this sample that these effects differed by sex. Childhood bullying status was not associated with increased risk for persistent eating disorder symptoms into adulthood (ages 19, 21, and 25).
Discussion:
Bullying predicts eating disorder symptoms for both bullies and victims. Bullying involvement should be a part of risk assessment and treatment planning for children with eating problems.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Victims of bullying, Bullies , Eating disorders, Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia, Vomiting, Compulsive eating | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Eating Disorders | ||||||||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0276-3478 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | December 2015 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 48 | ||||||||||
Number: | 8 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1141-1149 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/eat.22459 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 February 2016 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 September 2016 | ||||||||||
Funder: | National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (NIMH), National Institute on Drug Abuse, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||||
Grant number: | (MH63970, MH63671, MH48085, MH080230), (DA/MH11301), (ES/K003593/1) |
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