Mutual Influences on Bullying Perpetration and Substance Use Among Adolescents in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Identifying temporal pattern of associations between bullying perpetration and substance use among youth is useful for optimal targeting of intervention and prevention. We examined the mutual influences on bullying perpetration and substance use and test the cumulative effects of bullying perpetration and substance use over time.

Methods

We used data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health cohort study, a nationally representative sample of youth, on bullying perpetration and substance use at three points in time over 3 years. We analyzed the associations of bullying perpetration with alcohol, cannabis and cigarette use using binary logistic regressions. The 13,068 youths aged 12-17 years at baseline (2013-2014) were included in the analytical sample.

SUBMITTER: Azevedo Da Silva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483941 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature