TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Bullying and depressive symptomatology among low-income, African-American youth
JO  - Journal of youth and adolescence
A1  - Fitzpatrick, Kevin M.
A1  - Dulin, Akilah
A1  - Pikó, Bettina
SP  - 634
EP  - 645
VL  - 39
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-009-9426-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -