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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 Dunbal on Wednesday May 10 2017, @05:32AM (2 children)
Shut up, Dubal
MORE censorship. Wow, we certainly are the little word snipper today, aren't we? Tell me what do you do with all those words you collect?
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 10 2017, @05:38AM (1 child)
I said, "Shut up!" Do you want me to say it again, you, you, you bully! Why do you not obey my command that your be quiet! Have you every had that feeling, like when you have been suckered into a trap, and you know it, but it is too late to pull out (like Trump!), and so you have to double down, like a buzzard?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday May 10 2017, @05:43AM
S'true. Ever since I saw those twins in the Doublemint commercials.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.