Scott criticizes a study linking childhood bullying to negative adult outcomes, arguing that its method of controlling for confounders is inadequate and proposing alternative explanations for the correlation. Longer summary

Scott criticizes a study claiming that childhood bullying victimization leads to negative adult outcomes. He argues that the study's attempt to control for confounding factors is inadequate, as bullies are likely better at identifying vulnerable children than the researchers' measures. Scott suggests that unmeasured factors like height could explain the correlation, and that the study's method of adjusting for confounders is unreliable. He proposes that a proper study would involve an anti-bullying intervention with control schools. The post also mentions a contrasting study that found no association after adjusting for confounders, and questions the reliability of parent reports on bullying used in the original study. Shorter summary