Subtypes of Bullying and Types of Substance Use among Urban African American Adolescents: Who Is Likely to Use What?

Hong, Jun Sung; Wang, Miao; Kim, Dongha; VanHook, Cortney; Goings, Trenette Clark; Voisin, Dexter R.

doi:10.1080/19371918.2022.2029788

Cited by 5 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 48 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The results showed that the participants in the high bully-victims group had the highest frequency of sleep disorders. A previous study that classified patterns of involvement in bullying using LCA reported that adolescents in the bully-victim group had a higher risk of cocaine use than those in other groups ( 53 ). Furthermore, we found a high percentage of verbal and relational bullying among those involved in bullying, and the aOR values were higher in the verbal and relational victims than in the medium bully-victims.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Involvement in bullying and sleep disorders in Chinese early adolescents

Han

Cao

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundSchool bullying may cause sleep disorders in early adolescents. Here, we determined the relationship between school bullying (considering all the features of bullying involvement) and sleep disorders, which are the common problems in Chinese early adolescents.Materials and methodsWe conducted a questionnaire survey among 5,724 middle school students from Xuancheng, Hefei, and Huaibei cities in Anhui province, China. The self-report questionnaires included the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. We used latent class analysis to identify the potential subgroups of bullying behavior. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between school bullying and sleep disorders.ResultsActive participants in bullying interactions, including the bullies and victims, reported higher levels of sleep disorders compared with the non-active participants [Bully: physical (aOR = 2.62), verbal (aOR = 1.73), relational (aOR = 1.80), and cyber (aOR = 2.08); Victim: physical (aOR = 2.42), verbal (aOR = 2.59), relational (aOR = 2.61), and cyber (aOR = 2.81)]. A dose–response relationship was observed between the number of school bullying types and sleep disorders. In the context of bullying roles, bully-victims had the highest risk of reporting sleep disorders (aOR = 3.07, 95% CI: 2.55–3.69). We identified four potential categories of school bullying behaviors: low involvement in bullying, verbal and relational victims, medium bully-victims, and high bully-victims, and the highest frequency of sleep disorders was observed in the high bully-victims group (aOR = 4.12, 95% CI: 2.94–5.76).ConclusionOur findings indicate a positive correlation between bullying roles and sleep disorders in early adolescents. Therefore, targeted intervention for sleep disorders should include an evaluation of bullying experiences.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%