Citation

Ivarsson T, Broberg AG, Arvidsson T, Gillberg C. Nord. J. Psychiatry 2005; 59(5): 365-373.

Affiliation

Adolescent Psychiatry, Göteborg University, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08039480500227816

PMID

16757465

Abstract

Adolescents in junior high school (n=237), completed a questionnaire on bullying as it relates to victim and to perpetrator status, suicidality and biographical data. Psychological symptoms were assessed by the Youth Self Report (YSR) and the Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS) supplemented by school health officers blind assessments. Bullying was common: bully only (18%), victim only (10%) and victim and bully (9%). Bullies had mainly externalizing symptoms (delinquency and aggression) and those of the victim and bully group both externalizing and internalizing symptoms as well as high levels of suicidality. Adolescents in the bully only group were more likely to be boys and to have attention problems. Moreover, a substantial proportion of the adolescents in the victim only group were judged by school health officer to have psychiatric symptoms and to function socially less well.

Language: en