TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Bullying Victimization in Early Adolescence on Subsequent Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes across the Adolescent Period
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Halliday, Sarah
AU - Gregory, Tess
AU - Taylor, Amanda
AU - Digenis, Christianna
AU - Turnbull, Deborah
N1 - Funding Information:
The first author was supported by a scholarship from the University of Adelaide. Thank you to Maureen Bell, who assisted with the design of the logic grid and search terms used to search the literature, and Madeleine Benton, who provided knowledge on conducting a narrative synthesis.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Bullying is a widespread global issue, with serious consequences for victimized individuals. The current systematic review is the first to explore the consequences of bullying in early adolescence on psychological and academic functioning across the adolescent period. Five databases were examined, yielding 28 relevant studies. Victimized individuals were found to experience negative psychosocial and academic outcomes, including increased depression and anxiety, increased peer rejection, poorer school performance and school connectedness, both over the short term (12 months), and up to 8 years later. Victimized females suffered worse outcomes than victimized males, specifically for symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. Future research should prioritize developing a globally recognized measure of bullying, and designing targeted interventions addressing specific outcomes for victimized females and males.
AB - Bullying is a widespread global issue, with serious consequences for victimized individuals. The current systematic review is the first to explore the consequences of bullying in early adolescence on psychological and academic functioning across the adolescent period. Five databases were examined, yielding 28 relevant studies. Victimized individuals were found to experience negative psychosocial and academic outcomes, including increased depression and anxiety, increased peer rejection, poorer school performance and school connectedness, both over the short term (12 months), and up to 8 years later. Victimized females suffered worse outcomes than victimized males, specifically for symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. Future research should prioritize developing a globally recognized measure of bullying, and designing targeted interventions addressing specific outcomes for victimized females and males.
KW - Bullying
KW - adolescence
KW - longitudinal
KW - peer victimization
KW - systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105235098&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15388220.2021.1913598
DO - 10.1080/15388220.2021.1913598
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85105235098
SN - 1538-8220
VL - 20
SP - 351
EP - 373
JO - Journal of School Violence
JF - Journal of School Violence
IS - 3
ER -