TY - JOUR
T1 - Cyber and bias-based harassment
T2 - Associations with academic, substance use, and mental health problems
AU - Sinclair, Katerina O.
AU - Bauman, Sheri
AU - Poteat, V. Paul
AU - Koenig, Brian
AU - Russell, Stephen T.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge and thank the Dane County Youth Commission, United Way of Dane County, Dane County Human Services, and Public Health of Madison and Dane County for their support for conducting the Dane County Youth Assessment. This research was supported in part by the Fitch Nesbitt Endowment, Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, in the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at The University of Arizona, and by a grant from the Ford Foundation .
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Purpose: To examine how two forms of interstudent harassment, cyber and bias-based harassment, are associated with academic, substance use, and mental health problems. Methods: We used a population-based survey of 17,366 middle and high school students that assessed harassment due to race/ethnicity or sexual orientation, and harassment through the Internet or text messaging along with other forms of interstudent harassment. Results: Odds ratios indicated that students experiencing both cyber and bias-based harassment were at the greatest risk for adjustment problems across all indicators, with suicidal ideation and attempts having the largest risk differences. Conclusions: Assessments of adolescent health and adjustment should include questions regarding both cyber and bias-based harassment.
AB - Purpose: To examine how two forms of interstudent harassment, cyber and bias-based harassment, are associated with academic, substance use, and mental health problems. Methods: We used a population-based survey of 17,366 middle and high school students that assessed harassment due to race/ethnicity or sexual orientation, and harassment through the Internet or text messaging along with other forms of interstudent harassment. Results: Odds ratios indicated that students experiencing both cyber and bias-based harassment were at the greatest risk for adjustment problems across all indicators, with suicidal ideation and attempts having the largest risk differences. Conclusions: Assessments of adolescent health and adjustment should include questions regarding both cyber and bias-based harassment.
KW - Cyber bullying
KW - Race-based harassment
KW - Sexual orientation-based harassment
KW - Substance use
KW - Suicide
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.09.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 22525118
AN - SCOPUS:84860239192
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 50
SP - 521
EP - 523
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 5
ER -