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Bullying's Lasting Impact

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 10 2017, @02:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the lasting-"impact"?-ISWYDT dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 10 2017, @04:40AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 10 2017, @04:40AM (#507317)

    Engineers took over comp sci in the late 90's and engineers are jocks not geeks, so they are the bully's not the bullied, this thread makes that very clear

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 10 2017, @06:21AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 10 2017, @06:21AM (#507390)
    “Engineers are jocks, not geeks”? What a ridiculous notion. In college, the former high school jocks usually go to business school for the most part and become the managers and MBAs. They frequently can’t cut the mustard to become a real engineer who can design and build something that actually works.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 10 2017, @06:48AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 10 2017, @06:48AM (#507399)

      “Engineers are jocks, not geeks”? What a ridiculous notion. In college, the former high school jocks usually go to prison for assault or armed robbery, or end up changing your oil or flipping your cheeseburgers. They used to pump your gas too, but those jobs don't exist any more except in New Jersey They frequently can’t cut the mustard to become productive members of society who can be allowed to live around us.

      There. FTFY.