Bullying Victimization and Associations With Substance Use Among US Middle School Students: 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

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• Alternative Title:
  J Sch Health
• Personal Author:
  Barbero, Colleen ; Vagi, Kevin J. ; Clayton, Heather ; Holland, Kristin ; Hertz, Marci ; Krause, Kathleen H. ; Brittingham, Rochelle ; Bunge, Stephanie ; Saka, Susan M. ; Marchessault, Nadine ; Hynes, Nikardi ; Green, Dan ; Spell, Les ; Monteiro, Karine ; Murray, Kristen ; Reilly-Chammat, Rosemary ; Tignor, Lisha ; Mercado, Melissa C.
• Description:
  BACKGROUND:
  
  Research shows associations between bullying victimization and substance use for teens. However, more research about this relationship for younger adolescents and across race/ethnicity is needed.
  
  METHODS:
  
  Prevalence and pooled logistic regression analyses of 2019 Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 13 states (N = 74,059 students) examined associations between self-reported bulling victimization (at school, electronically, and both) and having ever tried cigarette smoking, alcohol, or marijuana; used an electronic vapor product; or misused prescription pain medicine. Regression analyses were adjusted by age and sex/race/ethnicity.
  
  RESULTS:
  
  All 3 measures of bullying victimization were significantly associated (p < .05) with the 5 substance use behaviors examined (adjusted prevalence ratios ranged from 1.29 to 2.32). These associations held across sexes. Significant associations were found within all 7 race/ethnicity categories, with the most associations reported for the non-Hispanic (NH) white, NH black or African American, Hispanic/Latino, and NH Asian groups.
  
  CONCLUSION:
  
  The association between bullying and substance use by middle school is a highly relevant issue to consider as students return to classrooms.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Bullying Crime Victims Humans Risk-Taking Students Substance-Related Disorders
• Keywords:
  Bullying Middle School Substance Use.
• Source:
  J Sch Health. 93(12):1111-1118
• Pubmed ID:
  37311692
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11167627
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  93
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d055b586b0367e958994ad9a0362f9e21c8af6716f223c2d64b122c7d58e81a5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157949/cdc_157949_DS1.pdf
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