Children bullied at age nine show poorer well-being and higher depression scores by age 13. Experiences of bullying were examined both inside and outside school among nine- and 13-year-olds. More frequent bullying and behaviour repeated by the same person associate with worse well-being and greater depression at 13. Peer exclusion links to lower well-being and increased depression. Bullying experienced at age nine emerges as a risk factor for multiple types of bullying four years later. About 70% of children tell an adult when they feel bullied, while 58% do not report bullying-type behaviour such as name-calling or exclusion, often because they do not label it as bullying.
Children who were bullied at age nine have "poorer well-being and higher depression scores" by the time they hit 13, according to the report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
"However, these patterns must be interpreted with caution, as wellbeing and depression are measured at the same time as the bullying experience," the report read.
"A significant proportion of young people experience bullying-type behaviour that causes them to feel upset or anger, but do not define it as bullying and so are less likely to tell an adult about it.
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