title: Associations between past bullying experiences and psychosocial and academic functioning among college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined whether childhood bullying victimization was associated with psychosocial and academic functioning at college.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 413 first-year students from a large northeastern university.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students completed an online survey in February 2012 that included items assessing past bullying involvement, current psychosocial and academic functioning, and victimization experiences since arriving at college.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regression analyses indicated that reports of past bullying and other peer victimization were associated with lower mental health functioning and perceptions of physical and mental health, but were not associated with perceptions of social life at college, overall college experience, or academic performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Childhood bullying victimization is associated with poorer mental and physical health among first-year college students. Colleges should consider assessing histories of bullying victimization, along with other past victimization exposures, in their service provision to students.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Development, School of Education , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Melissa K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greif Green
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DiMeo
authors.forename: Dorothy L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Espelage
authors.forename: Erika D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Felix
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Furlong
authors.forename: V Paul
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Poteat
authors.forename: Jill D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sharkey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011584:Psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: bullying; college; counseling; mental health