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The research, which has been led by a team at the University of Oxford, asked around 3,500 children, of the age of 12, if a sibling had said hurtful things, hit, ignored, or lied about them.
At the age of 18, these children were then asked about their mental health.
If the children had brothers or sisters, they were asked about bullying. The question read: "This means when a brother or sister tries to upset you by saying nasty and hurtful things, or completely ignores you from their group of friends, hits, kicks, pushes or shoves you around, tells lies or makes up false rumours about you."
A majority of children (1,810), said they had not experienced bullying, and at the age of 18, 6.4% had depression scores in the 'clinically significant' range, 9.3% experienced anxiety and 7.6% were found to have self-harmed in the previous year.
However, 786 children admitted they had been bullied by a sibling, sometimes a number of times a week, and of this group, 12.3% were reported to have depression, 16% reported anxiety and 14% self-harmed.
Older brothers were said to be the most likely to be behind the taunts, while girls are more likely to be victims of bullying.
Lead author, Dr Lucy Bowes, University of Oxford, commented: "We need to change the conversation we have about this. If it occurred in a school setting there would be repercussions. It may be causing long-term harm. We need to do more research, but we also need parents to listen to their children.
"We are not talking about the sort of teasing that often goes on within families, but incidents that occur several times a week, in which victims are ignored by their brothers or sisters, or are subjected to verbal or physical violence."
Co-author, Professor Dieter Wolke, University of Warwick, added: "It is important that parents set clear rules about what is allowed in conflicts and they should intervene consistently when their children maltreat each other repeatedly."
Researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Bristol University and University College London were involved in the study, which has been published in the journal Pediatrics.
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Sibling Bullying 'Increases Depression Risk'
A new study has revealed that being bullied by a brother or sister could increase the risk of depression in children when they are older.The research, which has been led by a team at the University of Oxford, asked around 3,500 children, of the age of 12, if a sibling had said hurtful things, hit, ignored, or lied about them.
At the age of 18, these children were then asked about their mental health.
If the children had brothers or sisters, they were asked about bullying. The question read: "This means when a brother or sister tries to upset you by saying nasty and hurtful things, or completely ignores you from their group of friends, hits, kicks, pushes or shoves you around, tells lies or makes up false rumours about you."
A majority of children (1,810), said they had not experienced bullying, and at the age of 18, 6.4% had depression scores in the 'clinically significant' range, 9.3% experienced anxiety and 7.6% were found to have self-harmed in the previous year.
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However, 786 children admitted they had been bullied by a sibling, sometimes a number of times a week, and of this group, 12.3% were reported to have depression, 16% reported anxiety and 14% self-harmed.
Older brothers were said to be the most likely to be behind the taunts, while girls are more likely to be victims of bullying.
Lead author, Dr Lucy Bowes, University of Oxford, commented: "We need to change the conversation we have about this. If it occurred in a school setting there would be repercussions. It may be causing long-term harm. We need to do more research, but we also need parents to listen to their children.
"We are not talking about the sort of teasing that often goes on within families, but incidents that occur several times a week, in which victims are ignored by their brothers or sisters, or are subjected to verbal or physical violence."
Co-author, Professor Dieter Wolke, University of Warwick, added: "It is important that parents set clear rules about what is allowed in conflicts and they should intervene consistently when their children maltreat each other repeatedly."
Researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Bristol University and University College London were involved in the study, which has been published in the journal Pediatrics.
(JP/IT)
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