title: Association of bullying with adolescent health-related quality of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between being bullied and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in adolescence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were a cohort of 805 adolescents with a mean age of 13.6 years (standard deviation 0.2 years). An adolescent questionnaire elicited the frequency of being bullied. HR-QOL was measured using the Child Health Questionnaire - Parent Report Form (CHQ-PF50) and Dartmouth COOP Functional Health Assessment Charts for Adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-six per cent of boys and 38 per cent of girls reported being bullied at least weekly. Adolescent psychosocial HR-QOL was inversely related to frequency of being bullied, while physical HR-QOL was not related.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peer bullying is an important determinant of adolescent HR-QOL with a negative impact on psychosocial well-being.
authors.affiliation: Armadale Community Health and Development Centre, Armadale, Western Australia, Australia. Amanda.Wilkins@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilkins-Shurmer
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Najman
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bor
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000374:Aggression; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires