This article examines the
association between race and racial bullying (bullying due to one's race), in
relation to youth substance use in school attending young adolescents in the
United States.
Weighted unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models were
run to assess if racial bullying involvement was associated with youth
substance use. Data for this study come from the Health Behaviors in
School-Aged Children survey (n = 7,585). An association between
racial bullying status (not involve, bullying victim, bullying perpetrator, or
mixed bullying victim/perpetrator) and youth substance was identified in this
study.
Racial bully perpetrators were most likely to have used cigarettes,
alcohol, and marijuana, followed by youth in the mixed victim/perpetrator
group. When analyses were stratified by race, non-Hispanic White and Hispanic
youth experienced an increased risk of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use if
in the perpetrator or mixed group (compared to those not involved with racial
bullying).
Non-Hispanic White and Asian youth were also more likely to report
marijuana use if in the victim group. Non-Hispanic Black youth were more likely
to use alcohol and marijuana if they were a perpetrator or in the mixed group,
but they were not more likely to use cigarettes.
Differences appear to exist in
relation to racial bullying experience and substance across racial/ethnic group
among youth in grades 7-10. Implications for prevention and educational professionals
are discussed.
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By: Stone AL1, Carlisle SK2.
- 1a School of Nursing and Health Studies , University of Washington Bothell , Bothell , Washington.
- 2b School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences , University of Washington Bothell , Bothell , Washington.
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