Are Children of Welfare Recipients at a Heightened Risk of Bullying and Peer Victimization?

Hong, Jun Sung; Choi, Jungtae; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Wu, Chi-Fang; Boraggina-Ballard, Lena; Fisher, Benjamin W.

doi:10.1007/s10566-020-09587-w

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“…The extant literature has generally indicated that poverty may be a risk factor for bullying dynamics both at individual and at school level. At individual level, students living in poverty are more frequently victims, as well as perpetrators, of bullying (Hong, Choi et al, 2020;Hong, Kim et al, 2020), and more likely to be involved in all active bullying roles, than their not disadvantaged peers (Malecki et al, 2020). At school level, the higher prevalence of students living in poverty contributes to develop an unsafe school climate, and is associated with more bullying and victimization at school (Bradshaw et al, 2009;Malecki et al, 2020).…”

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“…The frequent victimization of these students by their peers has been related to the stigmatization for their being "different" due to familial poverty, and/or to the poor relational skills of minors raised in highly deprived environments (Seo et al, 2017;Tippett & Wolke, 2014). There is also increasing evidence about the higher prevalence of bullying behaviors in students living in poverty (Hong, Choi et al, 2020;Hong, Kim et al, 2020;Malecki et al, 2020), who may bully their peers as a reaction to the suffered stigmatization, or to combat feelings of low selfesteem (Dietrich & Ferguson, 2020). Overall, the nature of the associations between poverty and school bullying is still unclear, and the contrasting results of previous research are due to the very different measures of socio-economic status (SES) adopted (metanalysis by Tippett & Wolke, 2014).…”

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Bullying and Victimization in Native and Immigrant Very-Low-Income Adolescents in Italy: Disentangling the Roles of Peer Acceptance and Friendship

Bianchi

Cavicchiolo

Manganelli

et al. 2021

Child Youth Care Forum

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Background Very-low-income students are a population at a high risk of perpetrating and suffering bullying at school, and at the same time the peer group at school is often one of the few sources of support for these minors. Objective This two-wave study is aimed to disambiguate the two different roles of peer acceptance and friendship on bullying and victimization in very-low-income adolescents, exploring the possible differential role of immigrant background. Method An online survey was administered to 249 early to late adolescents living below the poverty threshold (Mage = 12.76; SDage = 2.34; 41.8% girls; 19.3% immigrants). A multivariate regression model with multi-group analyses was applied. Results Our results indicated that peer friendship was a protective factor against bullying as well as victimization, whilst peer acceptance was not protective. Only for natives (but not for immigrants), a high level of peer acceptance was a risk factor for bullying, and low school achievement was a risk factor for victimization. The persistence of victimization over time was significantly stronger for immigrants than for natives. Conclusions The study provides new insights for the unique protective role of classmates’ friendship in natives and immigrants, while acceptance appeared to be less relevant. Research and applied implications are discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Bullying and Victimization in Native and Immigrant Very-Low-Income Adolescents in Italy: Disentangling the Roles of Peer Acceptance and Friendship

Bianchi

Cavicchiolo

Manganelli

et al. 2021

Child Youth Care Forum

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“…8.5% Other/more than one Ethnicity: 2.8% Hispanic or Latinx, 89.4% not Hispanic or Latinx, 7.8% other Quantitative Individual survey. Food insecurity: Child Food Security Survey Module Depressive Symptoms: Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale Gassman-Pines & Bellows, ( 2018 ) Food instability and Academic Achievement: A Quasi-Experiment Using SNAP Benefit Timing North Carolina 2011–2012 Children 47% Black, 10% Hispanic, 35% White, 8% other Quantitative EOG (End-of-Grade) school tests Gennetian et al, ( 2016 ) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit Cycles and Student Disciplinary Infractions Chicago, Illinois 2005–2006 Children 50.9% Black, 37.5% Hispanic, 11.6% White/other Quantitative Chicago Public Schools System enrollment and discipline data, CPS data on disciplinary incidents Hong et al, ( 2020 ) Are Children of Welfare Recipients at a Heightened Risk of Bullying and Peer Victimization? National 2003, 2007, 2011–2012, 2016 Children 7.75% two or more races, 76.26% non-Hispanic White, 6.48% Black or African American, 0.81% American Indian/Alaskan, 5.74% Asian, 0.32% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific, 2.64% some other race Quantitative National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) Hong & Henly, ( 2020 ) Supplemental nutrition assistance program and school readiness skills National 2001–2008 Children 31% Black, 36% Hispanic, 27% White, 6% other Quantitative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) Johnson-Motoyama et al, ( 2022 ) Association Between State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies, Child Protective Services Involvement, and Foster Care in the US, 2004–2016 National …”

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Investigating the Poverty-Reducing Effects of SNAP on Non-nutritional Family Outcomes: A Scoping Review

Evans,

Maguet,

Stratford

et al. 2024

Matern Child Health J

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Introduction/Purpose Poverty-reduction efforts that seek to support households with children and enable healthy family functioning are vital to produce positive economic, health, developmental, and upward mobility outcomes. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is an effective poverty-reduction policy for individuals and families. This study investigated the non-nutritional effects that families experience when receiving SNAP benefits. Methods We conducted a scoping review using the PRISMA Guidelines and strategic search terms across seven databases from 01 January 2008 to 01 February 2023 (n=2456). Data extraction involved two researchers performing title-abstract reviews. Full-text articles were assessed for eligibility (n=103). Forty articles were included for data retrieval. Results SNAP positively impacts family health across the five categories of the Family Stress Model (Healthcare utilization for children and parents, Familial allocation of resources, Impact on child development and behavior, Mental health, and Abuse or neglect). Discussion/Conclusion SNAP is a highly effective program with growing evidence that it positively impacts family health and alleviates poverty. Four priority policy actions are discussed to overcome the unintentional barriers for SNAP: distributing benefits more than once a month; increasing SNAP benefits for recipients; softening the abrupt end of benefits when wages increase; and coordinating SNAP eligibility and enrollment with other programs.

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“…Studies showed that peer victimization tends to increase when the society, family, or individual is experiencing stress or adversity (Hong et al, 2021). During COVID-19, as children are going through turmoil (e.g., witness family members’ hospitalization or death, disruption in social relationships, family financial stress), they may be more likely to be involved in peer victimization at school.…”

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The roles of resilience, peer relationship, teacher–student relationship on student mental health difficulties during COVID-19.

Zhu¹,

Cheong²,

Wang³

et al. 2022

School Psychology

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The present cross-sectional study aimed to (a) expand our understanding of the role of risk and resilience factors for adolescent adjustment during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and (b) examine personal resilience, peer and teacher-student relationships as protective factors against mental health difficulties. A total of 3,662 students from 4th to 11th grades in Urumchi, China completed a survey in June 2020. Urumchi is an ethnically diverse city, with nearly 40% of the population in this school district being ethnic minority students. The schools of Urumchi closed in February 2020 and reopened in April 2020. The results of latent moderated structural equation modeling suggested that peer victimization was associated with greater mental health difficulties in students. Personal resilience and teacher-student relationships were promotive factors for better mental health and also served as a buffer from the negative effect of peer victimization on mental health. The results also showed divergent patterns for elementary versus secondary school students as well as gender differences. Implications for how schools can support students during COVID-19 were discussed. Impact and ImplicationsFindings highlight the protective roles of personal resilience and teacher-student relationships in students' mental health during COVID-19 and emphasize the importance of monitoring peer victimization and mental health when reopening schools.

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Are Children of Welfare Recipients at a Heightened Risk of Bullying and Peer Victimization?

Cited by 13 publications

References 50 publications

Bullying and Victimization in Native and Immigrant Very-Low-Income Adolescents in Italy: Disentangling the Roles of Peer Acceptance and Friendship

Bullying and Victimization in Native and Immigrant Very-Low-Income Adolescents in Italy: Disentangling the Roles of Peer Acceptance and Friendship

Investigating the Poverty-Reducing Effects of SNAP on Non-nutritional Family Outcomes: A Scoping Review

The roles of resilience, peer relationship, teacher–student relationship on student mental health difficulties during COVID-19.

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