Bidirectional Association Between Bullying Perpetration and Internalizing Problems Among Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Identification of the temporal pattern of associations between bullying perpetration and mental health problems among youth is needed for the optimal targeting of intervention and prevention. We examined the bidirectional association between bullying perpetration and internalizing problems among youth in the U.S.

Methods

We used data from the prospective cohort study of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health waves 1 (September 12, 2013, to December 14, 2014) and 2 (October 23, 2014, to October 30, 2015), a nationally representative sample of youth. We analyzed the associations of bullying perpetration with internalizing problems using binary and multinomial logistic regressions. The 13,200 youths aged 12-17 years were included in the analytic sample.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Azevedo Da Silva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285807 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature