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Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes

PURPOSE: Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems often co-occur. However, we do not yet know whether bullying behaviours are associated with early factors and later poor outcomes independently of conduct problems. While there are differing, specific interventions for bullying behaviours and f...

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Autores principales: Ganesan, Keertana, Shakoor, Sania, Wertz, Jasmin, Agnew-Blais, Jessica, Bowes, Lucy, Jaffee, Sara R., Matthews, Timothy, Arseneault, Louise
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Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33856493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02062-4
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author Ganesan, Keertana
Shakoor, Sania
Wertz, Jasmin
Agnew-Blais, Jessica
Bowes, Lucy
Jaffee, Sara R.
Matthews, Timothy
Arseneault, Louise
author_facet Ganesan, Keertana
Shakoor, Sania
Wertz, Jasmin
Agnew-Blais, Jessica
Bowes, Lucy
Jaffee, Sara R.
Matthews, Timothy
Arseneault, Louise
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description PURPOSE: Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems often co-occur. However, we do not yet know whether bullying behaviours are associated with early factors and later poor outcomes independently of conduct problems. While there are differing, specific interventions for bullying behaviours and for conduct problems, it is unclear if such specificity is justified given parallels between both behaviours. METHODS: We used prospective data from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a nationally representative sample of 2232 children. Mothers and teachers reported on children’s bullying behaviours and conduct problems at ages 7 and 10. We collected measures of risk factors, including temperament and family factors, when children were age 5. We assessed behavioural, emotional, educational and social problems when participants reached the ages of 12 and 18. RESULTS: Bullying behaviours and conduct problems co-occurred in childhood. Our findings indicated that bullying behaviours and other conduct problems were independently associated with the same risk factors. Furthermore, they were associated with the same poor outcomes at both ages 12 and 18. Despite this, bullying behaviours were uniquely associated with behavioural, emotional, educational and social problems at age 18. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that anti-bullying programmes and interventions aimed at reducing conduct problems could benefit from greater integration. Furthermore, our study highlights the mental health problems children who bully may face in later years and the need to consider those in intervention plans.
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spelling pubmed-85215302021-10-22 Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes Ganesan, Keertana Shakoor, Sania Wertz, Jasmin Agnew-Blais, Jessica Bowes, Lucy Jaffee, Sara R. Matthews, Timothy Arseneault, Louise Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Original Paper PURPOSE: Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems often co-occur. However, we do not yet know whether bullying behaviours are associated with early factors and later poor outcomes independently of conduct problems. While there are differing, specific interventions for bullying behaviours and for conduct problems, it is unclear if such specificity is justified given parallels between both behaviours. METHODS: We used prospective data from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a nationally representative sample of 2232 children. Mothers and teachers reported on children’s bullying behaviours and conduct problems at ages 7 and 10. We collected measures of risk factors, including temperament and family factors, when children were age 5. We assessed behavioural, emotional, educational and social problems when participants reached the ages of 12 and 18. RESULTS: Bullying behaviours and conduct problems co-occurred in childhood. Our findings indicated that bullying behaviours and other conduct problems were independently associated with the same risk factors. Furthermore, they were associated with the same poor outcomes at both ages 12 and 18. Despite this, bullying behaviours were uniquely associated with behavioural, emotional, educational and social problems at age 18. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that anti-bullying programmes and interventions aimed at reducing conduct problems could benefit from greater integration. Furthermore, our study highlights the mental health problems children who bully may face in later years and the need to consider those in intervention plans. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-04-15 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8521530/ /pubmed/33856493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02062-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Ganesan, Keertana
Shakoor, Sania
Wertz, Jasmin
Agnew-Blais, Jessica
Bowes, Lucy
Jaffee, Sara R.
Matthews, Timothy
Arseneault, Louise
Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes
title Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes
title_full Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes
title_fullStr Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes
title_short Bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes
title_sort bullying behaviours and other conduct problems: longitudinal investigation of their independent associations with risk factors and later outcomes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33856493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02062-4
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