APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Correlation between Bully Victimization and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Focus on Sex, Race, and Ethnicity
- Anna Tovchigrechko
University of Maryland, College Park - Micheal Turner
University of Charlotte, North Carolina - Alayna Pryzbys
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Cirasole Houser
University of Arizona - Ellie Hyde
Oberlin College
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between childhood bullying victimization and generalized anxiety disorder in middle adulthood using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data. Results reveal a positive association between repeated bully victimizations and anxiety, consistent across sex and race/ethnicity. Policy and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.
Bullying
