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Citation

Fredkove WM, Gower AL, Sieving RE. J. Sch. Health 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

School of Nursing & Department of Pediatrics, Director, Center for Adolescent Nursing, Director, Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American School Health Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/josh.12833

PMID

31578725

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adolescents are in a unique developmental stage, ideal for initiating healthy behaviors and benefiting from health promotion interventions. In this study, we used positive youth development and resilience frameworks, to investigate the role of internal assets as a protective factor for bullying and emotional distress among early adolescents, with attention to whether those associations vary by sex.

METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey, a cross-sectional, population-based survey of Minnesota youth. Participating eighth grade students (N = 42,841) reported on internal assets, physical, relational and cyberbullying involvement, and emotional distress.

RESULTS: Logistic regression analyses, stratified by sex and controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, revealed that students with higher internal assets had lower odds of all forms of bullying victimization and perpetration than those with lower internal assets. Higher levels of internal assets were also associated with lower odds of emotional distress. All associations were significant for boys and girls, but appeared stronger for girls.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate that internal assets may buffer young teens from bullying and from the emotional distress that may result from bullying involvement. Approaches bolstering internal assets may be beneficial for combating bullying and emotional distress during early adolescence.

© 2019, American School Health Association.


Language: en

Keywords

bullying; child and adolescent health; early adolescence; emotional health; internal assets; positive youth development

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