Understanding the prospective associations between neuro-developmental problems, bullying victimization, and mental health: Lessons from a longitudinal study of institutional deprivation

Jala Rizeq; Mark Kennedy; Jana Kreppner; Barbara Maughan; Edmund Sonuga-Barke

doi:10.1017/S095457942200089X

Understanding the prospective associations between neuro-developmental problems, bullying victimization, and mental health: Lessons from a longitudinal study of institutional deprivation

Jala Rizeq, Mark Kennedy, Jana Kreppner, Barbara Maughan, Edmund Sonuga-Barke

University of Glasgow
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Liver Intensive Care Unit, King's College London School of Medicine at King's College Hospital, London, UK.
University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
1] Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK [2] King's College London, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK [3].
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 2060, Rotterdam 3000 CB, The Netherlands.
Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Center for Integrative Sequencing, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark

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Studies suggest that children who have experienced neglect are at risk for bullying which in turn increases the risk for poor mental health. Here we extend this research by examining whether this risk extends to the neglect associated with severe institutional deprivation and then testing the extent to which these effects are mediated by prior deprivation-related neuro-developmental problems such as symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and autism. Data were collected at ages 6, 11, 15, and young adulthood (22-25 years) from 165 adoptees who experienced up to 43 months of deprivation in Romanian Orphanages in 1980s and 52 non-deprived UK adoptees (N = 217; 50.23% females). Deprivation was associated with elevated levels of bullying and neuro-developmental symptoms at ages 6 through 15 and young adult depression and anxiety. Paths from deprivation to poor adult mental health were mediated via cross-lagged effects from earlier neuro-developmental problems to later bullying. Findings evidence how deep-seated neuro-developmental impacts of institutional deprivation can cascade across development to impact social functioning and mental health. These results elucidate cascade timing and the association between early deprivation and later bullying victimization across childhood and adolescence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Development and psychopathology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942200089X
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 19 Aug 2022

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