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Citation

Espelage DL, Basile KC, De La Rue L, Hamburger ME. J. Interpers. Violence 2015; 30(14): 2541-2561.

Affiliation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260514553113

PMID

25315484

Abstract

Bullying perpetration and sexual harassment perpetration among adolescents are major public health issues. However, few studies have addressed the empirical link between being a perpetrator of bullying and subsequent sexual harassment perpetration among early adolescents in the literature. Homophobic teasing has been shown to be common among middle school youth and was tested as a moderator of the link between bullying and sexual harassment perpetration in this 2-year longitudinal study. More specifically, the present study tests the Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway theory, which posits that adolescent bullies who also participate in homophobic name-calling toward peers are more likely to perpetrate sexual harassment over time.

FINDINGS from logistical regression analyses (n = 979, 5th-7th graders) reveal an association between bullying in early middle school and sexual harassment in later middle school, and results support the Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway model, with homophobic teasing as a moderator, for boys only.

RESULTS suggest that to prevent bully perpetration and its later association with sexual harassment perpetration, prevention programs should address the use of homophobic epithets.


Language: en

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