Association between Sexual Behaviors, Bullying Victimization and Suicidal Ideation in a National Sample of High School Students: Implications of a Sexual Double Standard

Dunn, Hailee K.; Gjelsvik, Annie; Pearlman, Deborah N; Clark, Melissa A.

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2014.06.008

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“…In terms of risky behaviors, our results also show that adolescents who engaged in sexual relations had a higher chance of becoming a victim of violence, and these results are consistent with previous findings [47,48]. Importantly, adolescent sexual orientation differentially affected adolescents’ risk of being a victim of violence.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Namely, students who engaged in same-sex intercourse exhibited an approximate 28-fold increase in their risk for violence victimization compared to students who had never engaged in sexual intercourse. Indeed, previous studies have found that non-heterosexual youth are more susceptible to victimization compared to heterosexual youth [49], with this risk being even higher for girls than boys [47,50]. Though the risks were not as high as they were for non-heterosexual youth, sexually active heterosexual youth were nonetheless still at an increased risk of about eight-fold for victimization compared to students who were not sexually active, which is consistent with previous findings [48].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Violence Victimization in Korean Adolescents: Risk Factors and Psychological Problems

Park¹,

Lee

Jang³

et al. 2017

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We examined the risk factors for and psychological problems associated with violence victimization in a nationwide representative sample of Korean adolescents. Data from the 2016 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey was used. Participants were asked about their experience of being a victim of violence that required medical treatment during the past 12 months, as well as their perceived health, happiness, sleep satisfaction, stress, depressed mood, and suicidality. The 12-month prevalence of violence victimization requiring medical treatment was 2.4%. The results indicated that adolescents were at an increased risk for violence victimization if they were male, older, had parents of a foreign nationality, did not reside with their family, worked part time, resided in small cities or rural areas, were high or low in socioeconomic status (SES), exhibited high or low levels of academic performance, used alcohol or tobacco, and were sexually active. In addition, while violence victimization was negatively associated with perceived health and happiness, it was positively associated with perceived stress, depressed mood, and suicidality. The results indicate that a social disadvantage, involvement in risky behavior, and psychological problems are associated with violence victimization. Effective violence prevention efforts should thus target high-risk groups, and clinical attention is needed to address the psychological costs associated with violence victimization.

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 99%

Violence Victimization in Korean Adolescents: Risk Factors and Psychological Problems

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Lee

Jang³

et al. 2017

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“…As the distinction between (sexual) bullying and sexual harassment may be unclear, and because these phenomena may overlap (Charmaraman et al, 2013;Felix, Furlong, & Austin, 2009;Shute et al, 2008), it is also relevant to scrutinize the associations between sexual behavior and bullying. Dunn, Gjelsvik, Pearlman, and Clark (2014) reported that sexually active girls were bullied almost twice as much as those who were not sexually active. No such association was found for boys.…”

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“…The sexual double standard refers to attaching a different value to sexual activity according to gender, allowing boys social gains by being sexually experienced while among girls, being sexually active may be met with disapproval (Bordini & Sperb, 2013). Dunn et al, (2014) considered that their results lent support to the notion of a sexual double standard. Holt, Matjasko, Espelage, Reid, and Koenig (2013), however, found that both bullies and bully victims reported sexual risk-taking 2-3 times more commonly than those not involved in bullying, but those who were solely victims of bullying did not engage in risky sex.…”

Section: Sexuality and Subjection To Harassment And Bullyingmentioning

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“…We further hypothesized that these associations would diminish after controlling for confounding due to unfavorable sociodemographic characteristics (not living with both parents, low parental education, parental unemployment) and emotional (depression) and behavioral (delinquency) disorders. Because the sexual double standard suggests that the social implications of being sexually active may be different for girls and boys (Bordini & Sperb, 2013;Dunn et al, 2014), the analyses were carried out separately for boys and girls.…”

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Experiences of sexual harassment are associated with the sexual behavior of 14- to 18-year-old adolescents

Kaltiala-Heino

Savioja

Fröjd

et al. 2018

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Subjection to sexual harassment is associated with a number of negative outcomes, such as internalizing and externalizing symptoms and a disinclination to attend school. Among adolescents, sexual harassment may increase with both their emerging sexual desires and increased socializing in mixed-gender peer groups during early adolescence. We set out to study the possible associations between normative and risk-taking sexual behavior and subjection to sexual harassment among adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 years. The informants included 90,953 boys and 91,746 girls, with a mean (SD) age of 16.3 (1.2) years, who responded to a classroom survey (School Health Promotion Study 2010-2011) in Finland. We found that even early steps in romantic and erotic experiences were associated with experiences of sexual harassment. The more advanced the adolescents' sexual experiences were, the more commonly they reported differing experiences of sexual harassment. These associations were particularly strong among the girls. Among the sexually active adolescents, the more partners the adolescents had for intercourse, the more commonly they reported experiences of sexual harassment. Adolescents actively interested in romantic and sexual relationships may socialize in contexts where sexual harassment is more likely to occur. They may be more sensitive to sexual cues than their non-interested peers, or sexual harassment may be a traumatic experience predisposing adolescents to risk-taking sexual behavior as a form of acting out. A double standard regarding the appropriate expression of sexuality received some support in our data.

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Is being a victim of bullying or cyberbullying in secondary school associated with subsequent risk‐taking behavior in adolescence? A longitudinal study in secondary schools

Shah

Dodd

Allen

et al. 2022

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction Neurobiological and social changes in adolescence can make victims of bullying more susceptible to subsequent impulsive behavior. With the high prevalence of bullying in schools and rise in cyberbullying in the United Kingdom, it is important that the health impacts of bullying victimization, including on risk‐taking, are understood. Our study aims to investigate whether bullying/cyberbullying victimization is associated with subsequent health risk‐taking behavior in adolescence. Risk‐taking behavior includes electronic cigarette and cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, early sexual debut, weapon carrying, damaging property, and setting fire. Methods A secondary quantitative analysis of data from 3337, English, secondary school students in the control arm of the INCLUSIVE trial, constituting an observational cohort. Bullying victimization was measured at baseline (age 11/12 years) using the gatehouse bullying scale and a separate question on cyberbullying victimization. Logistic regression was used to test for an association between bullying/cyberbullying victimization at baseline and risk‐taking behavior at 36 months, adjusting for baseline risk‐taking behavior and other potential confounders, and accounting for school clustering. Results There was strong evidence (p ≤ .02) for a positive dose‐responsive association between being bullied at baseline and nearly all risk‐taking behavior at follow‐up. Although there was no evidence for an association between being bullied at baseline and weapon carrying (p = .102), there was evidence for a positive association between being cyberbullied at baseline and weapon carrying (p = .036). Conclusions It is plausible that bullying/cyberbullying victimization increases the likelihood of subsequent risk‐taking behavior in adolescence. Policy options should focus on implementing evidence‐based antibullying school interventions.

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Association between Sexual Behaviors, Bullying Victimization and Suicidal Ideation in a National Sample of High School Students: Implications of a Sexual Double Standard

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Violence Victimization in Korean Adolescents: Risk Factors and Psychological Problems

Violence Victimization in Korean Adolescents: Risk Factors and Psychological Problems

Experiences of sexual harassment are associated with the sexual behavior of 14- to 18-year-old adolescents

Is being a victim of bullying or cyberbullying in secondary school associated with subsequent risk‐taking behavior in adolescence? A longitudinal study in secondary schools

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