Boys are more likely than girls to be reported as bullied in preadolescence¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change
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q3 i? Boys had higher odds of caregiver-reported bullying victimization than girls (OR 1.2). → Menken 2022
Evidence¶
Menken 2022¶
Menken, M. S., Isaiah, A., Liang, H., Rivera, P. R., Cloak, C. C., Reeves, G., Lever, N. A., & Chang, L. (2022). Peer victimization (bullying) on mental health, behavioral problems, cognition, and academic performance in preadolescent children in the ABCD Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 925727. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.925727
q3 · i? · associational · r2
Cross-sectional ABCD baseline analysis of caregiver-reported bullying. The study reports "boys were more likely to be bullied than girls" with OR 1.2 (95% CI 1.1–1.3), p = 0.004.
"boys were more likely to be bullied than girls, based on caregiver reports [Figure 1A; odds ratio (OR), 1.2 (95% CI, 1.1–1.3); p = 0.004]"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
- Sex moderates bullying-related cognitive and brain differences, with effects in boys and girls appearing in different regions and tasks — related
- Bullied boys show greater behavioral problems than bullied girls in withdrawn/depressed, social, thought, and aggression domains — related
- Bullied girls show lower episodic memory and crystallized composite cognitive scores than non-bullied girls — related
- Bullying predicts depressive symptoms two years later for boys but not for girls — related
- Bullied preadolescent children show greater behavioral problems across CBCL domains than non-bullied peers — related
- Caregiver-reported bullying victimization is associated with higher odds of NSSI/passive suicidality and active suicidality in preadolescent children — related
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Boys are more likely than girls to be reported as bullied in preadolescence |
description |
Boys are more likely than girls to be reported as bullied in preadolescence |
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moderate |
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2022 |
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2027 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-17 |
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1 — menken-2022 |
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