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A new study led by the University of Delaware found that kids who are bullied in fifth grade often suffer from depression and begin using alcohol and other substances a few years after the incidents.
"Students who experienced more frequent peer victimization in fifth grade were more likely to have greater symptoms of depression in seventh grade, and a greater likelihood of using alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in tenth grade," said the study's leader, Valerie Earnshaw, a social psychologist and assistant professor in UD's College of Education and Human Development.
The study involved researchers from universities and hospitals in six states, who analyzed data collected between 2004 and 2011 from 4,297 students on their journey from fifth through tenth grade. The findings were published online in the medical journal Pediatrics.
The students were from Birmingham, Alabama; Houston, Texas; and Los Angeles County, California. Forty-four percent were Latino, 29 percent were African American and 22 percent were white.
Do you see this being true in your own life, or in the lives of others you know?
Peer Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Substance Use: A Longitudinal Analysis (open, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3426) (DX)
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Wednesday May 10 2017, @04:39AM (2 children)
Did you also teach them to let some things slide?
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday May 10 2017, @04:50AM
Nah, not my area of responsibility. As Uncle Buzz, my job is generally to feed them bad ideas and misinformation, thus teaching them critical thinking skills. In this particular case I stepped outside that role to teach them to fight because my brother had neglected that bit of their education. Not intentionally, it was just something he hadn't thought to teach them yet.
Letting some things slide is a good skill to have, no doubt, but it does not work with bullies. Letting a bully slide is nothing but positive reinforcement.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 10 2017, @01:16PM
That lesson comes only after the lesson to fight.
Nonbelligerence without capability to hurt others is not a virtue, but a plain weakness. Noble is only the one who can as well be bad, but choses not to.
The third and most important lesson is: how to properly communicate where you stand in that spectrum without having to actually fight. Once that lesson is absorbed, transition into maturity is completed.