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Genetic Links to Children’s Emotional Problems Precipitated by Bullying [|Science Daily](July 22, 2010)

“A team of researchers from Duke University and Kings College London have discovered a genetic variation that moderates whether victims of bullying will go on to develop emotional problems.” When you are bullied your self-esteem lowers and therefore, can lead to depression. It is also likely that you will not develop emotional problems but you can become depressed because of certain genotypes. People conducted a study with 2,000 twins over a span of 7 years to see if they develop emotional problems in that specific time span. They concluded that both bullying and genes can affect emotional problems but when there are both in a child’s like the risk is much higher.

Bullying is a worldwide problem that can be very harmful to people. I feel like when you are bullied it influences your view on things and that can influence how you act and who you surround yourself with. Therefore, I believe that bullying can lead to emotional problems even if your genes don’t show that. Renna Varano February 8, 2011