Evaluating Litigation as a Structural Strategy for Addressing Bias-Based Bullying Among Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Homophobic bullying-which is motivated by actual or perceived sexual orientation-is a common experience among youth and is more strongly associated with adverse outcomes than bullying unrelated to bias. Yet current approaches to reducing homophobic bullying either lack empirical evidence or encounter significant obstacles. Thus, the field requires the identification of strategies that hold promise for reducing homophobic bullying.

Objective

To examine whether litigation is associated with reductions in homophobic bullying.

Design, setting, and participants

In this quasi-experimental study, difference-in-difference analysis was used to estimate the association between litigation and homophobic bullying, comparing students in schools that experienced litigati

SUBMITTER: Hatzenbuehler ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506293 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature