Depressed, anxious first graders at risk of being bullied later: study

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Treating mental-health problems in children entering school may help prevent victimization from bullying, say researchers who tracked 400 Canadian children.

In the May/June issue of the journal Child Development, researchers said they found children entering first grade with signs of depression and anxiety or excessive aggression were at risk of being chronically victimized by their classmates by third grade.

"Children's early mental-health problems can set the stage for abuse by their peers," said psychology Prof. Bonnie Leadbeater of the University of Victoria, who led the study.

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