«Those children were at greater risk of debilitating depressive / dysthymic symptoms or anxiety and of suicidality in adolescence than less
severely victimized children, even after we accounted for a plethora of confounders assessed throughout childhood.»
Trajectory analyses revealed heterogeneity in peer victimization patterns, with a small group of
children (4.5 %) being extremely
victimized and with another group (10 %), less
severely, but increasingly
victimized over time.