Bullying in childhood and religious/spiritual status in adulthood among internal medicine outpatients

Randy A Sansone, Amy R Kelley and Jeremy S Forbis

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2013, vol. 59, issue 8, 739-744

Abstract: Background: Bullying in childhood is ubiquitous and associated with a number of identified negative outcomes in both childhood and adulthood. However, the relationship between being bullied in childhood and religious/spiritual status in adulthood has never been explored. Method: Using a cross-sectional sample of 324 consecutive internal medicine outpatients and a survey methodology, we examined relationships between ‘When you were growing up, were you ever a victim of bullying?’ and (1) self-perceived extent of religiosity/spirituality and (2) religiosity/spirituality as assessed by scores on the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12). Results: While bullying status in childhood was not related to either the self-perceived extent of religiosity or spirituality, it did evidence negative statistically significant relationships with seven of 12 FACIT-Sp-12 scales, as well as the overall composite score. Conclusions: According to these data, bullying in childhood is associated with lower religious/spiritual well-being in adulthood; however, this study was not designed to examine a causal relationship.

Keywords: Bullying; religion; spirituality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764012454383

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