| A prospective longitudinal study of children’s theory of mind and adolescent involvement in bullying. |
| Summary: Investigates whether children involved in bullying during early adolescence had poor theory of mind in childhood. Theory of mind was assessed at 5 years, emotional and behaviour problems assessed at 7 and 10 years and involvement in bullying at 12 years in a sample of 2,232 children from the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study. Findings include: poor theory of mind predicted becoming a victim, bully or bully-victim in early adolescence. |
| Publication details: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines Volume 53 Issue 3, 2012 pp 254-261 |
| Authors: Shakoor, Sania, et al. |
