More than 40% of elementary children who experienced peer victimization showed clinically significant trauma symptoms, with effects persisting over six months.
Evidence
Bullying and peer victimization can trigger trauma symptoms in children, study finds (University of Florida News)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The decisive psychological traumatism of the colonial child occurs in grammar school — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 573; Children often experience trauma through ongoing early exposure to abuse, neglect, homelessness or domestic violence, which schools then must detect and respond to in the classroom. — How Trauma Affects Kids in School; Bullying and peer conflict rank among the most common sources of trauma in schools, leaving children feeling isolated, unsafe and anxious about attending school. — Understanding School-Based Trauma: Causes, Impacts and Prevention
Related
- Bullying and peer conflict rank among the most common sources of trauma in schools, leaving children feeling isolated, unsafe and anxious about attending school. (similarity 0.88)
- Children often experience trauma through ongoing early exposure to abuse, neglect, homelessness or domestic violence, which schools then must detect and respond to in the classroom. (similarity 0.81)
- Childhood trauma is typically rooted in early development and maltreatment, with the school’s role understood mainly as responding to trauma that predates schooling. (similarity 0.81)
- High values on the bullying victim scale are accompanied by higher school displeasure (anxiety), and school displeasure is associated with significantly more days of absence from school. (similarity 0.79)