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01-06-2010 | Empirical Research

Bullying and Depressive Symptomatology Among Low-Income, African–American Youth

Auteurs: Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, Akilah Dulin, Bettina Piko

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 6/2010

Abstract

Utilizing a risk and protective factors approach, this research examined the relationship between self-reported depressive symptomatology, group membership (bully, victim, bully–victim) risks, and protection among a sample of African–American youths. Self-report data were collected in spring, 2002. Youth in grades 5–12 were sampled (n = 1,542; 51% female) from an urban school district in the Southeast. African–American youths self-identifying as bullies, victims, or bully–victims, reported higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to their nonbullied–nonvictimized counterparts. Additionally, multivariate results highlight a significant set of risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptomatology, even after controlling for the effects of self-identified group membership. These findings further contribute to our general understanding of the interplay among bullying, victimization, risk and protective factors, and their effects on depressive symptoms among a group of understudied African–American youth.

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Titel: Bullying and Depressive Symptomatology Among Low-Income, African–American Youth
Auteurs: Kevin M. Fitzpatrick
Akilah Dulin
Bettina Piko
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2010
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-009-9426-8

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