Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1080860 | Journal of Adolescent Health | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine bullying/victimization and internalizing symptoms among low-income racial/ethnic-minority adolescents. In the total sample and for females only, victims and bully-victims were more likely to report symptomology. Middle and high school victims, but only middle school bully-victims, were more likely to experience internalizing symptoms. Internalizing symptomology was not significantly increased for bullies in any analysis. These study findings expand the association between bully/victim status and internalizing symptoms to a less-studied population that may be limited in their ability to use and obtain mental health assistance.
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Authors
Melissa Fleschler Peskin, Susan R. Tortolero, Christine M. Markham, Robert C. Addy, Elizabeth R. Baumler,