Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 1, Varia, Finland.
Scand J Psychol. 2012 Dec;53(6):461-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00971.x. Epub 2012 Aug 24.
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.
儿童期受欺凌与日后生活中各种不良心理社会后果相关。目前尚无研究探讨其与成为年轻父亲之间的关联。本研究基于一项全国性队列研究，共纳入了 1989 年基线时的 2946 名芬兰男孩。欺凌信息由儿童、其父母和教师收集。从全国性登记处收集了 22 岁以下成为父亲的随访数据。随访样本包括 2721 名男孩。频繁欺凌其他儿童与成为年轻父亲独立相关，与受欺凌、儿童期精神症状和父母教育程度无关。在调整了可能的混杂因素后，被欺凌与成为年轻父亲之间并无关联。当研究欺凌和受欺凌同时发生的情况时，发现欺凌-受欺凌者与成为年轻父亲显著相关，而单纯的欺凌者或受欺凌者则不然。本研究进一步证实了其他研究的结果，即欺凌-受欺凌者的风险特征和关系模式与其他儿童不同，强调了在研究年轻父亲时纳入同伴关系的重要性。
