Bullying victimisation and risk of self harm in early adolescence: Longitudinal cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7855, 2012, Pages

  Fisher, Helen L ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c   Houts, Renate M ^b,c   Belsky, Daniel W ^c,d   Arseneault, Louise ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860649587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2683     Document Type: Article

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