Connection Between Experiences of Bullying and Risky Behaviors in Middle and High School Students

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• 作者：K. Bryant Smalley ; Jacob C. Warren ; K. Nikki Barefoot
• 关键词：Bullying ; Risky behavior ; Substance use ; Suicidality ; Weapon carrying
• 刊名：School Mental Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：9
• 期：1
• 页码：87-96
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• 刊物主题：Child and School Psychology; Psychology, general; Clinical Psychology; Developmental Psychology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1866-2633
• 卷排序：9

文摘

The goal of the current study was to investigate the association of experiences of bullying with 17 individual risk behaviors in a large, non-clinical sample of middle and high school students. Data were analyzed from the 2013 Georgia Student Health Survey II, administered to 6th–12th grade students in all public schools in Georgia (n = 513,909). Bullied students reported higher levels of engagement in every risk behavior investigated, with the largest connections related to safety-related absenteeism (OR 25.4, p < 0.001 and OR 17.0, p < 0.001 for high/middle school students, respectively) and bringing a weapon to school (OR 10.9, p < 0.001 and OR 6.81, p < 0.001 for high/middle school students, respectively). Overall, the current findings reveal alarming relationships between bullying and risk-taking behaviors that suggest bullying is associated with a large portion of substance use, self-harm, and weapons seen in middle and high school students. These behaviors place bullied children at risk of long-term physical and psychological consequences, as well as potential legal complications.