TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Bullying and its association with psychiatric disorders in a Mexican students sample JO - Salud publica de Mexico A1 - Albores-Gallo, Lilia A1 - Sauceda-GarcĂ­a, Juan Manuel A1 - Ruiz-Velasco, Silvia A1 - Roque-Santiago, Eduardo SP - 220 EP - 227 VL - 53 IS - 3 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between bullying behavior and psychopathology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 1 092 students identified their peers' bullying status based on the Bull-S questionnaire. Parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) to determine psychopathology levels. RESULTS: The bullying group had associations with anxiety, somatic symptoms, oppositionalism and behavior problems; the bully-victims group had associations with attention, oppositionalism and behavior problems; victims had higher anxiety scores.These differences were significant compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Bullying is associated with psychopathology, which requires timely psychiatric attention.

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