Bullying Victimization and Perpetration among U.S. Children and Adolescents: 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health

Lebrun‐Harris, Lydie A.; Sherman, Laura J.; Limber, Susan P.; Miller, B.; Edgerton, Elizabeth A.

doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1170-9

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“…''Definitely true'' and ''somewhat true'' were categorized as ''yes,'' a ''not true'' was recorded as a ''no,'' similar to previous literature utilizing the NSCH data set. 20 A four-level composite bullying variable was generated from the survey items examining bully perpetration and victimization. Responses from the bullying items listed in the previous paragraph were used to generate a new variable which classified each adolescent into one of four categories: ''neither perpetrator nor victim (n = 24,095)'' (those participants with a ''not true'' response to both the bullying others and bully victim items), ''perpetrator (n = 461)'' (those participants with a ''definitely true'' or ''somewhat true'' response to the bullying others item and a ''not true'' response to the bully victim item), ''victim (n = 6085)'' (those participants with a ''not true'' response to the bullying others item and a ''definitely true'' or ''somewhat true'' response to the bully victim item), or ''both perpetrator and victim (n = 1129)'' (those participants with a ''definitely true'' or ''somewhat true'' response to both the bullying others and bully victim items).…”

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Bullying Perpetration and Victimization among Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample

Rupp

McCoy

2019

Childhood Obesity

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Background: Adolescents with obesity are more likely to experience bullying in comparison to their healthy weight peers. However, it is unclear whether adolescents with obesity are more likely to perpetuate bullying or be both, a bully perpetrator and a bully victim. The purpose of this analysis was to examine differences in bully perpetration, victimization, and both (perpetration and victimization) by BMI classification in a nationally representative sample of adolescents. Methods: Analyses included 31,770 adolescents, ages 10-17, from the combined 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health. Adolescents were grouped by BMI classification; outcome variables included bullying, difficulty making new friends, excessive arguing, depression, and behavioral conduct problems. Logistic regression models, adjusted for age, sex, race, household income, highest level of education in the household, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder assessed the odds of each outcome comparing healthy weight to adolescents with overweight and obesity. Results: Adolescents with overweight and obesity had greater odds of experiencing bullying behaviors: bully victim [odds ratio (OR) = 1.34 and 2.03] and both bully perpetrator and victim (OR = 1.37 and 2.01) (p's < 0.05), respectively, in comparison to healthy weight peers. Adolescents with overweight or obesity involved in bullying behaviors had significantly higher odds of behavioral conduct problems, depression, arguing excessively, and having difficulty making friends compared to adolescents with overweight or obesity who were neither a bully perpetrator nor victim (p's < 0.05). Conclusions: To promote overall health and well-being among adolescents with overweight and obesity, effort should be made to mitigate engagement in and/or victimization from bullying and associated behavioral or depressive symptoms.

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Bullying Perpetration and Victimization among Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample

Rupp

McCoy

2019

Childhood Obesity

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“…Control variables for the present study comprised the demographic measures of age, sex, and race; an index of how safe the child feels in school; parental knowledge of the child’s friendship networks and social activities; and child delinquency. Prior research conducted in the United States indicates that bullying victimization and perpetration are more common in children than in adolescents (Lebrun-Harris et al, 2019) and that boys are at greater risk of bullying perpetration and victimization than girls (Hamby et al, 2013). In addition, Black, White, and mixed-race children in the United States and other countries tend to report higher levels of bullying than children from other racial/ethnic groups (U.S.…”

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Unraveling the Bidirectional Relationship Between Bullying Victimization and Perpetration: A Test of Mechanisms From Opportunity and General Strain Theories

Walters

2020

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

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This study tested two theories designed to explain the bullying perpetration–victimization relationship. Peer delinquency was hypothesized to mediate the pathway from bullying perpetration to victimization, in line with opportunity, lifestyle, and routine activities theories, and anger was held to mediate the pathway from bullying victimization to perpetration as set forth in general strain theory. These pathways were tested in a sample of 3,411 youth (1,728 boys, 1,683 girls) from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. A causal mediation analysis performed on three nonoverlapping waves of data, in which prior levels of each predicted variable were controlled, uncovered support for peer delinquency as a mediator of the perpetration–victimization pathway but failed to identify anger as a mediator of the victimization–perpetration pathway. Additional research is required to identify a mediator for the victimization–perpetration pathway and determine whether variables other than peer delinquency mediate the perpetration–victimization pathway.

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“…A quasi-experimental meta-analytical study showed how bullying victimization generates behavioral and emotional problems as symptoms of their psychological distress in response to the bullying experience, including internalizing symptoms such as anxiety, depression and suicidality [22]. Bullying victimization is also associated with unmet need for mental health treatment and counseling [23]. Longitudinal studies have revealed that bullying and cyberbullying victimization experiences in adolescence have a significant impact on mental health outcomes later in adulthood [16,17].…”

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Relations among Poly-Bullying Victimization, Subjective Well-Being and Resilience in a Sample of Late Adolescents

Víllora

Rubio

Jiménez

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IJERPH

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The present study examined the relations among poly-bullying victimization (experiencing multiple forms of peer bullying), resilience and subjective well-being. This study specifically examined late adolescents’ resilience as a moderator of the relation between poly-bullying victimization and subjective well-being. In a region of central Spain, 1430 undergraduate students (64% females, 36% males), aged between 18 and 22 years, completed three self-reported measures, including bullying victimization experiences, self-reported subjective well-being and resilience. A substantial proportion of the participants (16.9%) reported being victims of poly-bullying. The results showed that the poly-bullying victimization group reported the poorest subjective well-being and the lowest resilience levels. The regression analyses revealed that resilience was significantly and positively associated with subjective well-being, and resilience moderated the association between poly-bullying victimization and subjective well-being. However, the relation was very weak and accounted for only an additional 1% of variance in the participants’ subjective well-being. Future research should assess resilience trajectories of youth exposed to multiple forms of bullying victimization in order to better understand the potential protective effect of resilience over negative mental health outcomes.

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Bullying Victimization and Perpetration among U.S. Children and Adolescents: 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health

Cited by 96 publications

References 38 publications

Bullying Perpetration and Victimization among Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample

Bullying Perpetration and Victimization among Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample

Unraveling the Bidirectional Relationship Between Bullying Victimization and Perpetration: A Test of Mechanisms From Opportunity and General Strain Theories

Relations among Poly-Bullying Victimization, Subjective Well-Being and Resilience in a Sample of Late Adolescents

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