Key Points
Our latest research reveals that teens who are bullied in ninth grade become more pessimistic about their educational and career prospects beyond high school. Specifically, being bullied increases teens risk for depression, which leaves them feeling hopeless about the future...
As a developmental psychologist who studies adolescent well-being, I set out to better understand the long-term effects of bullying on teens expectations for the future..
Teens who reported being more frequently bullied by peers in ninth grade subsequently reported lower expectations for their future educational and career prospects by 11th grade..
Students who experienced more bullying in ninth grade were likely to see their future expectations drop by approximately eight percentile points, compared with peers who were not bullied..
Teens who experienced this kind of bullying in the ninth grade showed more depressive symptoms by 10th grade..
