ArticleJournal of abnormal child psychology2014
Bullying victimisation, internalising symptoms, and conduct problems in South African children and adolescents: a longitudinal investigation.
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- Longitudinal associations between violence exposure and adolescent conduct problems in a high-adversity, South African setting.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
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- Impact of exposure to community and school violence during adolescence in the African context: systematic review.BJPsych international · 2025Review
- Longitudinal Relationships Across Bullying Victimization, Friendship and Social Support, and Internalizing Symptoms in Early-to-Middle Adolescence: A Developmental Cascades Investigation.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences from a Longitudinal South African Community Sample: A Latent Class Analysis.International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- Understanding the mental health of adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa through participatory research.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The association between school bullying and internet addiction among adolescents: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Bullying Victimization and Comorbid Patterns of PTSD and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- A cross-lagged twin study of emotional symptoms, social isolation and peer victimisation from early adolescence to emerging adulthood.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Article
- Psychiatric morbidity in children involved in bullying treated at the Free State Psychiatric Complex.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2023Article
- Effect of Peer Victimization on the Long-Term Mental Health Status among Adults Users of Intellectual Disability Services: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence of bullying victimisation among primary school children in South Africa: a population-based study.BMC research notes · 2021Article
- Parental Migration and Psychological Well-Being of Children in Rural China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Bullying at 11 Years of Age in a Spanish Birth Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Is involvement in school bullying associated with increased risk of murderous ideation and behaviours among adolescent students in China?BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
- Development and validation of a 20-item screening scale to detect major depressive disorder among adolescents with HIV in rural Uganda: A mixed-methods study.SSM - population health · 2019Article
- It's not "all in your head": critical knowledge gaps on internalized HIV stigma and a call for integrating social and structural conceptualizations.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- It Gets Better: Attenuated Associations Between Latent Classes of Peer Victimization and Longitudinal Psychosocial Outcomes in Four Low-Resource Countries.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Article
- Friendship Quality and Gender Differences in Association With Cyberbullying Involvement and Psychological Well-Being.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Bullying victimisation has been prospectively linked with mental health problems among children and adolescents in longitudinal studies in the developed world. However, research from the developing world, where adolescents face multiple risks to social and emotional development, has been limited by cross-sectional designs. This is the first longitudinal study of the psychological impacts of bullying victimisation in South Africa. The primary aim was to examine prospective relationships between bullying victimisation and internalising and externalising symptoms in South African youth. Secondary aims were to examine gender and age-related differences in experiences of bullying victimisation. Children and adolescents (10-17 years, 57 % female, n = 3,515) from high HIV-prevalent (>30 %) communities in South Africa were interviewed and followed-up 1 year later (97 % retention). Census enumeration areas were randomly selected from urban and rural sites in two provinces and door-to-door sampling included all households with a resident child/adolescent. Exposure to multiple experiences of bullying victimisation at baseline predicted internalising symptoms and conduct problems 1 year later. Additionally, baseline mental health scores predicted later bullying victimisation, demonstrating bi-directionality of relationships between bullying victimisation and mental health outcomes in this sample. Expected gender differences in physical, verbal, and relational bullying victimisation were evident and predicted declines in bullying victimisation over time were observed. In the developed world, school-based anti-bullying programmes have been shown to be effective in reducing bullying and victimisation. Anti-bullying programmes should be implemented and rigorously evaluated in South Africa, as this may promote improved mental health among South African children and adolescents.
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