To what extent is the association between disability and mental health in adolescents mediated by bullying? A causal mediation analysis | Zendy

Tania King | Zendy; Zoe Aitken | Zendy; Allison Milner | Zendy; Eric Emerson | Zendy; Naomi Priest | Zendy; Amalia Karahalios | Zendy; Anne Kavanagh | Zendy; Tony Blakely | Zendy

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To what extent is the association between disability and mental health in adolescents mediated by bullying? A causal mediation analysis

Author(s) -

Tania King,

Zoe Aitken,

Allison Milner,

Eric Emerson,

Naomi Priest,

Amalia Karahalios,

Anne Kavanagh,

Tony Blakely

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy154

Subject(s) - mediation , strengths and difficulties questionnaire , clinical psychology , psychology , association (psychology) , injury prevention , poison control , confidence interval , mental health , occupational safety and health , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , political science , law , psychotherapist , pathology

Disability among adolescents is associated with both poorer mental health (MH) and higher levels of bullying-victimization. Bullying, therefore, conceivably mediates the association between disability and MH. Quantifying this pathway is challenging as the exposure (disability), mediator (bullying) and outcome (MH) are subjective, and subject to dependent measurement error if the same respondent reports on two or more variables.

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