Association of Cyberbullying Involvement With Subsequent Substance Use Among Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Adolescent involvement in cyberbullying is common and involves several roles (witness, perpetrator, or victim). Whether different cyberbullying roles are differentially associated with substance use is unknown. The present study examined the associations of adolescent cyberbullying involvement with use and polyuse of various substances.

Methods

A longitudinal cohort of students in Los Angeles, California (N = 2,768) completed surveys at baseline (10th grade, 2014, mean age = 15.5 years) and 12-month follow-up (11th grade, 2015). Five mutually exclusive cyberbullying roles were identified at baseline-no involvement; witness only; witness and victim; witness and perpetrator; and witness, victim, and perpetrator. Past 6-month use of nine substances and poly-use of multi

SUBMITTER: Yoon Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814523 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature