Correlates of bullying behaviors among a sample of North American Indigenous adolescents.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between familial, educational, and psychosocial factors and bullying among 702 North American Indigenous adolescents aged 11-14 years. The study used multinomial logistic regression models to differentiate correlates of bully perpetration and victimization versus being neither and between being a perpetrator versus being a victim. Analyses reveal that being a bully victim had different correlates than being a perpetrator. Perceived discrimination was associated with increased odds of being either a victim or a perpetrator, relative to being neither. Several factors differentiated being a bully perpetrator from being a bully victim: adolescent age, parental warmth and support, depressive symptoms, anger, and school adjustment. These

SUBMITTER: Melander LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3981067 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature