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The contribution of bullying victimisation to the burden of anxiety and depressive disorders in Australia.
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- Global, regional and national burden of anxiety disorders from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2021Pooled it
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- School bullying victimization, depression, and the role of school connectedness among junior high school students in Hong Kong: evidence from fixed-effects models.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Bullying Experienced by Community Patients With Serious Mental Disorders: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Associations between unintentional injuries and bullying victimization in adolescents: evidence from a large-scale cross-sectional study in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Peer bullying victimization, psychological distress, and the protective role of school connectedness among adolescents.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Bullying victimisation and perpetration and the association with mental disorders among adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam: Findings from the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Anxiety disorders in the Middle East and North Africa region; 1990 to 2021.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2025Article
- Global burden of mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Cyberbullying through the lens of trauma: an empirical examination of US youth.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Global burden and trends of major mental disorders in individuals under 24 years of age from 1990 to 2021, with projections to 2050: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- School bullying and depression in Chinese primary and secondary school students after the COVID-19: mediating effect of academic anxiety and moderating effect of home-school cooperation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
aimThere is now a strong body of literature showing that bullying victimisation during childhood and adolescence precedes the later development of anxiety and depressive disorders. This study aimed to quantify the burden of anxiety and depressive disorders attributable to experiences of bullying victimisation for the Australian population.
methodsThis study updated a previous systematic review summarising the longitudinal association between bullying victimisation and anxiety and depressive disorders. Estimates from eligible studies published from inception until 18 August 2018 were included and meta-analyses were based on quality-effects models. Pooled relative risks were combined with a contemporary prevalence estimate for bullying victimisation for Australia in order to calculate population attributable fractions (PAFs) for the two mental disorder outcomes. PAFs were then applied to estimates of the burden of anxiety and depressive disorders in Australia expressed as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
resultsThe findings from this study suggest 7.8% of the burden of anxiety disorders and 10.8% of the burden of depressive disorders are attributable to bullying victimisation in Australia. An estimated 30 656 DALYs or 0.52% (95% uncertainty interval 0.33-0.72%) of all DALYs in both sexes and all ages in Australia were attributable to experiences of bullying victimisation in childhood or adolescence.
conclusionThere is convincing evidence to demonstrate a causal relationship between bullying victimisation and mental disorders. This study showed that bullying victimisation contributes a significant proportion of the burden of anxiety and depressive disorders. The investment and implementation of evidence-based intervention programmes that reduce bullying victimisation in schools could reduce the burden of disease arising from common mental disorders and improve the health of Australians.
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