Bullying victimization among preadolescents in a community-based sample in Canada: a latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Bullying victimization among adolescents has been well-recognized as a behavior associated with adverse psychological and mental health outcomes. Most studies on bullying victimization have focused on adolescents, but research is sparse regarding school victimization among preadolescents before they transition to adolescence. This study sought to identify latent classes of different types of co-occurring bullying victimization, based on a sample of 3829 school students in grades 5-8, ages 9-14 in the year of 2011 from the Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Results

Using a latent class analysis approach, the results uncovered three groups of victimized students, including those who were aggressively victimized (7.2%), moderately victimized (34.6%) and no

SUBMITTER: Ashrafi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060587 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature