Citation

Strauss GP, Raugh IM, Mittal VA, Gibb BE, Coles ME. Schizophr. Res. 2018; 195: 534-536.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.schres.2017.08.056

PMID

28888357

Abstract

Prior studies indicate an association between psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and bullying victimization; however, the most frequent types of bullying victimization and the association with bullying perpetration are unclear. A community sample of 1563 adolescents completed questionnaires examining PLEs and frequency of bullying victimization and perpetration. Compared to adolescents scoring below the psychosis-risk cut-off (n=1294), those with PLEs (who are putatively at-risk) (n=269) were more likely to report being the victims of overt, relational, and reputational bullying and to have perpetrated bullying against others. Increased bullying perpetration among youth with PLEs may reflect reactive aggression in response to being bullied.

Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Language: en

Keywords

Bullying; Clinical high-risk; Prodrome; Psychosis; Ultra high-risk