Bullying victimization and later anxiety and depression among pre‐adolescents in Switzerland
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research
ISSN: 1759-6599
Article publication date: 16 May 2011
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between bullying victimization at age 8 and anxiety and depression at age 11 in a large and ethnically heterogeneous sample from Zurich, Switzerland.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors present new analyses from the Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children and Youth (z‐proso) on the relationship between bullying victimization at age 8 and anxiety and depression at age 11.
Findings
Different measures of bullying victimization significantly predicted later anxiety and depression. Differences existed between measures of anxiety and depression from different informants.
Originality/value
First, the paper provides readers with an overview of the victimization data collected in z‐proso among an ethnically heterogeneous population sample of children in Zurich, Switzerland. Second, it provides results of bivariate and multivariate analyses on the relationship between bullying victimization and internalizing behavior. Third, the authors investigate if their results are robust across different measures of bullying victimization and across measures of anxiety and depression from different informants.
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Citation
Averdijk, M., Müller, B., Eisner, M. and Ribeaud, D. (2011), "Bullying victimization and later anxiety and depression among pre‐adolescents in Switzerland", Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1108/17596591111132927
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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