The lasting impact of bullying

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Researcher have found that bullying has a lasting impact on the bullied.

“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.

A new term I learned for bullying, peer victimization.

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