High levels of support from friends protect bullied adolescents from poor academic achievement, but moderate or low friend support does not¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr3·q3
Currency · newest study 2011 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? After adjustment for a bullying × friends support interaction, bullying was not associated with achievement for students with high friend support (OR 0.89, ns), while bullied students with moderate (OR 0.27) or low (OR 0.38) support had about a third of the odds of reaching the benchmark. → Rothon Catherine 2011
Evidence¶
Rothon Catherine 2011¶
Rothon Catherine, Head Jenny, Klineberg Emily, Stansfeld Stephen. (2011). Can social support protect bullied adolescents from adverse outcomes? A prospective study on the effects of bullying on the educational achievement and mental health of adolescents at secondary schools in East London. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.02.007
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Multivariate logistic regression (N = 1587) with a bullying × friends social support interaction (Mantel–Haenszel homogeneity p = 0.013). For high friend support the bullying odds ratio was 0.89 (0.40, 1.99, p = 0.775); "Bullied students with moderate (OR = 0.27, 95% CI 0.11–0.65) or low (OR = 0.38, 95% CI 0.19–0.76)" support showed lower odds.
"Bullied students with moderate (OR = 0.27, 95% CI 0.11–0.65) or low (OR = 0.38, 95% CI 0.19–0.76) levels of support had approximately a third of the odds of achieving the academic benchmark, compared to students who were not bullied."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Safety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Bullied adolescents are about half as likely to reach the national academic achievement benchmark for their age group two years later — related
- Adolescents with moderate or high friend support are about half as likely to report being bullied — related
- Bullying was not associated with lower academic achievement among adolescents with moderate family support, unlike those with high or low support, in a weakly supported interaction — related
- Students perceive peer interaction—companionship, support as a social buffer, and cooperation toward shared goals—as a key element of fun in learning — related
- Bullying involvement is associated with lower academic achievement (pooled OR = 0.61) — a broader claim this one bears on
- In an East London adolescent cohort, adjusting for friend or family support barely changed the association between being bullied and boys' later depressive symptoms, which the authors read as support not being sufficient protection — related
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High levels of support from friends protect bullied adolescents from poor academic achievement, but moderate or low friend support does not |
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High levels of support from friends protect bullied adolescents from poor academic achievement, but moderate or low friend support does not |
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2011 |
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