Associations Between Caregiver Support, Bullying, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Girls: Results from the 2008 Boston Youth Survey

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• Alternative Title:
  J Sch Violence
• Personal Author:
  Johnson, Renee M. ; Kidd, Jeremy D. ; Dunn, Erin C. ; Green, Jennifer Greif ; Corliss, Heather L. ; Bowen, Deborah
• Description:
  Although sexual minority (SM) youth are at an increased risk for being bullied and experiencing depression, it is unclear how caregiver support is interrelated with those variables. Therefore, we sought to assess: (a) the prevalence of nonphysical bullying, depressive symptomatology, and caregiver support among heterosexual and SM girls, (b) the association between caregiver support and bullying in both groups, and (c) whether sexual orientation moderates the interactive effect of caregiver support and bullying on depressive symptoms. Data come from a survey of students in 22 Boston public high schools; 99 of the 832 girls in the analytic sample were SM. We used chi-square statistics to examine group differences, and multiple regression to estimate the association between the caregiver support, sexual orientation, being bullied, and depressive symptomatology. SM girls reported similar levels of caregiver support as heterosexual girls, but reported higher levels of depressive symptomatology. They were also more likely to report nonphysical bullying. Tests for interactions were not statistically significant, suggesting that bullying, caregiver support, and sexual orientation are independently associated with depressive symptomatology.
• Subjects:
  Article Bullying Depression Sexual Minority Social Support
• Source:
  J Sch Violence. 10(2):185-200.
• Pubmed ID:
  22707917
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3375119
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  DA023610-05/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; U49 CE000740/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; DA023610-04/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; DA023610-02/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; K01 DA023610/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; DA023610-03/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; DA023610-01/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ab79f091aa7046d47195cee559a401bdeb147940252814555b3b2428b20e8160
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41860/cdc_41860_DS1.pdf
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