@article{ref1,
title="Childhood bullying and becoming a young father in a national cohort of Finnish boys",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2012",
author="Lehti, Venla and Klomek, Anat Brunstein and Tamminen, Tuula and Moilanen, Irma and Kumpulainen, Kirsti and Piha, Jorma and Almqvist, Fredrik and Sourander, Andre",
volume="53",
number="6",
pages="461-466",
abstract="Childhood bullying is known to be associated with various adverse psychosocial outcomes in later life. No studies exist on its association with becoming a young father. The study is based on a national cohort, which included 2,946 Finnish boys at baseline in 1989. Information on bullying was collected from children, their parents and their teachers. Follow-up data on becoming a father under the age of 22 were collected from a nationwide register. The follow-up sample included 2,721 boys. Bullying other children frequently was significantly associated with becoming a young father independently of being victimized, childhood psychiatric symptoms and parental educational level. Being a victim of bullying was not associated with becoming a young father when adjusted for possible confounders. When the co-occurrence of bullying and victimization was studied, it was found that being a bully-victim, but not a pure bully or a pure victim, is significantly associated with becoming a young father. This study adds to other studies, which have shown that the risk profile and relational patterns of bully-victims differ from those of other children, and it emphasizes the importance of including peer relationships when studying young fathers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00971.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00971.x"
}