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from the won't-someone-think-of-the-children dept.
I found this recently-published article, Children who are bullied suffer worse long-term mental health problems than those who are maltreated interesting. Here are some excerpts:
A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry shows that children who have been bullied by peers suffer worse in the longer term than those who have been maltreated by adults.
The research is led by Professor Dieter Wolke from Warwick's Department of Psychology and Warwick Medical School. The study is due to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in San Diego on Tuesday 28 April.
[...] Professor Wolke said: "The mental health outcomes we were looking for included anxiety, depression or suicidal tendencies. Our results showed those who were bullied were more likely to suffer from mental health problems than those who were maltreated. Being both bullied and maltreated also increased the risk of overall mental health problems, anxiety and depression in both groups."
An abstract and full article (pdf) are available.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by btendrich on Monday May 04 2015, @04:40PM
I was bullied. In elementary school and again in middle school, by different groups for different reasons. It made me realize that you have to give a shit what they think/say for them to have any power over you. Except when one of them (once) tried to make it physical. Then I broke the kids face with a lunch tray. Got a lot of crap for "not fighting fair" and all that. But hey, what the hell do I care what they think is fair, right? I would argue that some level of bullying/confrontation is a good thing in life, your kids aren't going to live in a bubble forever.