Mental Health: January 2011 Archives
Article
Reviewed: Adults Matter: Protecting Children from the Negative Impacts of
Bullying
Authors: NICOLA A. CONNERS-BURROW, DANYA L. JOHNSON, LEANNE
WHITESIDE-MANSELL, LORRAINE McKELVEY, AND REGINA A. GARGUS
This article examined the impact that parents and teachers can have on children who partake in bullying. More specifically this article looked at bullying in rural America South. This article classified children into one of four groups; victims, pure bullies, bully-victim (children who are both a bully and a victim) and those not involved at all.
The authors found that when parental support was high, bully and bully-victim depression was less severe. The results were the same when teacher support was high and parental support was low. When both parental and teacher involvement were low, these children suffered from clinical levels of depression. Surprisingly, the children with highest levels of depression, both before and after social supports present, were those who were not the pure victims, but those who were classified as the bully-victim.
