Sibling Bullying: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Associations with Positive and Negative Mental Health during Adolescence

Umar Toseeb; Dieter Wolke

doi:10.1007/s10964-021-01495-z

Sibling Bullying: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Associations with Positive and Negative Mental Health during Adolescence

Umar Toseeb, Dieter Wolke

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Abstract

Sibling bullying is associated with poor mental health outcomes, but the relevance of specific bullying roles remains unclear. Data from a population-based study (n = 17,157, 48% female) focusing on early (11 years), middle (14 years), and late (17 years) adolescence were analyzed. Associations between sibling bullying roles in early adolescence and positive and negative mental health outcomes in late adolescence were investigated. Generally, bullying, irrespective of role, was associated with poorer mental health outcomes in late adolescence. As the frequency of bullying victimization increased between early and middle adolescence so did the severity of mental health outcomes in late adolescence. The developmental trajectories of externalizing problems were influenced by bullying in early adolescence. Sibling bullying, irrespective of role, is associated with poor mental health outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	940-955
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	51
Early online date	30 Sept 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01495-z
Publication status	Published - May 2022

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Keywords

sibling
bullying
longitudinal
mental health
wellbeing
adolescence
self-esteem

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