@article{ref1,
title="Bullying and depressive symptomatology among low-income, African-American youth",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2010",
author="Fitzpatrick, Kevin M. and Dulin, Akilah and Pikó, Bettina",
volume="39",
number="6",
pages="634-645",
abstract="Utilizing a risk and protective factors approach, this research examined the relationship between self-reported depressive symptomatology, group membership (bully, victim, bully-victim) risks, and protection among a sample of African-American youths. Self-report data were collected in spring, 2002. Youth in grades 5-12 were sampled (n = 1,542; 51% female) from an urban school district in the Southeast. African-American youths self-identifying as bullies, victims, or bully-victims, reported higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to their nonbullied-nonvictimized counterparts. Additionally, multivariate results highlight a significant set of risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptomatology, even after controlling for the effects of self-identified group membership. These findings further contribute to our general understanding of the interplay among bullying, victimization, risk and protective factors, and their effects on depressive symptoms among a group of understudied African-American youth.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-009-9426-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-009-9426-8"
}