@article{ref1,
title="Bullying in childhood and religious/spiritual status in adulthood among internal medicine outpatients",
journal="International journal of social psychiatry",
year="2013",
author="Sansone, Randy A. and Kelley, Amy R. and Forbis, Jeremy S.",
volume="59",
number="8",
pages="739-744",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Bullying in childhood is ubiquitous and associated with a number of identified negative outcomes in both childhood and adulthood. However, the relationship between being bullied in childhood and religious/spiritual status in adulthood has never been explored. METHOD: Using a cross-sectional sample of 324 consecutive internal medicine outpatients and a survey methodology, we examined relationships between 'When you were growing up, were you ever a victim of bullying?' and (1) self-perceived extent of religiosity/spirituality and (2) religiosity/spirituality as assessed by scores on the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12). RESULTS: While bullying status in childhood was not related to either the self-perceived extent of religiosity or spirituality, it did evidence negative statistically significant relationships with seven of 12 FACIT-Sp-12 scales, as well as the overall composite score. CONCLUSIONS: According to these data, bullying in childhood is associated with lower religious/spiritual well-being in adulthood; however, this study was not designed to examine a causal relationship.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7640",
doi="10.1177/0020764012454383",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764012454383"
}