Citation

Eastman M, Foshee V, Ennett S, Sotres-Alvarez D, Reyes HLM, Faris R, North K. J. Adolesc. 2018; 65: 101-110.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 E. Franklin St., Suite 306, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.007

PMID

29573643

Abstract

This study identified profiles of internalizing (anxiety and depression) and externalizing (delinquency and violence against peers) symptoms among bullying victims and examined associations between bullying victimization characteristics and profile membership. The sample consisted of 1196 bullying victims in grades 8-10 (M_age = 14.4, SD = 1.01) who participated in The Context Study in three North Carolina counties in Fall 2003. Five profiles were identified using latent profile analysis: an asymptomatic profile and four profiles capturing combinations of internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Associations between bullying characteristics and membership in symptom profiles were tested using multinomial logistic regression. More frequent victimization increased odds of membership in the two high internalizing profiles compared to the asymptomatic profile. Across all multinomial logistic regression models, when the high internalizing, high externalizing profile was the reference category, adolescents who received any type of bullying (direct, indirect, or dual) were more likely to be in this category than any others.

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Language: en

Keywords

Anxiety; Bullying victimization; Delinquency; Depression; Latent profile analysis