Bullying and Depressive Symptomatology Among Low-Income,African–American Youth |
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Authors: | Kevin M Fitzpatrick Akilah Dulin Bettina Piko |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA;(2) Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;(3) Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary |
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Abstract: | Utilizing a risk and protective factors approach, this research examined the relationship between self-reported depressive
symptomatology, group membership (bully, victim, bully–victim) risks, and protection among a sample of African–American youths.
Self-report data were collected in spring, 2002. Youth in grades 5–12 were sampled (n = 1,542; 51% female) from an urban school district in the Southeast. African–American youths self-identifying as bullies,
victims, or bully–victims, reported higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to their nonbullied–nonvictimized counterparts.
Additionally, multivariate results highlight a significant set of risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptomatology,
even after controlling for the effects of self-identified group membership. These findings further contribute to our general
understanding of the interplay among bullying, victimization, risk and protective factors, and their effects on depressive
symptoms among a group of understudied African–American youth. |
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