Bullying, then and now
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Nicholas Garlow with HHS HealthBeat.
A study indicates men who were bullies as children are more likely to be violent with intimate partners in adulthood. Bullying is broad in this sense, including gender based behaviors, as well.
Kathryn Falb is at the Harvard School of Public Health:
"Many of these behaviors are analogous to domestic violence behaviors as older men verbally or otherwise abuse their partners that we see in adult relationships." (9 seconds)
Falb says being a bully is one risk factor that can lead to intimate partner violence. She says others include:
"Exposure to parental violence, witnessing community violence, physical or child sexual abuse, experiencing those." (7 seconds)
The study, supported by the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention, was in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Nicholas Garlow.