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School bullying among adolescents in the United States: Physical, verbal, relational, and cyber

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Wang, Jing, Iannotti, Ronald J., Nansel, Tonja R.·2009·Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose Four forms of school bullying behaviors among US adolescents and their association with sociodemographic characteristics, parental support, and friends were examined.Methods Data were obtained from the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) 2005 Survey, a nationally representative sample of grades 6-10 (N = 7,182). The revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire was used to measure physical, verbal, and relational forms of bullying. Two items were added using the same format to measure cyber bullying. For each form, four categories were created: bully, victim, bully-victim, and not involved. Multinomial logistic regressions were applied, with sociodemographic variables, parental support, and number of friends as predictors.Results Prevalence rates of having bullied others or having been bullied at school for at least once in the last 2 months were 20.8% physically, 53.6% verbally, 51.4% socially, or 13.6% electronically. Boys were more involved in physical or verbal bullying, whereas girls were more involved in relational bullying. Boys were more likely to be cyber bullies, whereas girls were more likely to be cyber victims. African-American adolescents were involved in more bullying (physical, verbal, or cyber) but less victimization (verbal or relational). Higher parental support was associated with less involvement across all forms and classifications of bullying. Having more friends was associated with more bullying and less victimization for physical, verbal, and relational forms but was not associated with cyber bullying.Conclusions Parental support may protect adolescents from all four forms of bullying. Friends associate differentially with traditional and cyber bullying. Results indicate that cyber bullying is a distinct nature from that of traditional bullying.

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Authors
Wang, J., Iannotti, R. J., & Nansel, T. R.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Wang, Jing
Venue
Journal of Adolescent Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-10
Volume
45
Issue
4
Pages
368-375
ISSN
1054-139X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2005920787
Cited by
2,045
References
25
Citations by year
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FWCI
98.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (Z99HD999999)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
Keywords
school bullying, cyberbullying, physical bullying, verbal bullying, relational bullying, bullying victimization, bullying perpetration, parental support, number of friends, sociodemographic differences, gender differences, racial differences, adolescents
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Aggression, Child, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Violence, Logistic Models, Internet

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