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) by Marand on Monday May 04 2015, @09:30PM
On a side note. Bullies aren't Alpha, bullies are betas who want to be Alphas. Violence is tool of the non-dominant, the people with an insecure status in the group. Studied have shown higher Testosterone in the popular, friendly, smart people than the bullies or their victims.
Oh, I wasn't meaning it like that. I just meant he was the leader/alpha of their bully clique, and they were subordinate to him. Suggesting that they were acting like a pack of animals within a group of otherwise civil human beings, basically.