@article{ref1,
title="Bullying and internalizing problems: gender differences and the buffering role of parental communication",
journal="Journal of family issues",
year="2015",
author="Ledwell, Maggie and King, Valarie",
volume="36",
number="5",
pages="543-566",
abstract="Bullying is a widespread problem facing American adolescents. A better understanding of factors that may moderate the impact of bullying is important given its negative consequences for well-being. This study examines the association between bullying experiences and internalizing problems among a nationally representative sample of young adolescents. Additionally, we consider the ease of parental communication as a potential moderating factor in these associations. Using a structural equation modeling technique, results suggest that bullying is characteristically different for adolescent boys and girls and that its association with internalizing problems is stronger for adolescent females. <br><br>RESULTS also indicate that parental communication moderates the association between bullying and internalizing problems; higher levels of parental communication buffer adolescents against the negative influence of bullying.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0192-513X",
doi="10.1177/0192513X13491410",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13491410"
}