Childhood trajectories of peer victimization and prediction of mental health outcomes in midadolescence: a longitudinal population-based study

摘要

BACKGROUND:Exposure to peer victimization is relatively common. However, little is known about its developmental course and its effect on impairment associated with mental illnesses. We aimed to identify groups of children following differential trajectories of peer victimization from ages 6 to 13 years and to examine predictive associations of these trajectories with mental health in adolescence.