Bullying victimization among preadolescents in a community-based sample in Canada: A latent class analysis

Adiba Ashrafi; Cindy Xin Feng; Cory Neudorf; Khrisha B. Alphonsus

doi:10.1186/s13104-020-04989-4

Bullying victimization among preadolescents in a community-based sample in Canada: A latent class analysis

Adiba Ashrafi, Cindy Xin Feng, Cory Neudorf, Khrisha B. Alphonsus

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Objective: Bullying victimization among adolescents has been well-recognized as a behavior associated with adverse psychological and mental health outcomes. Most studies on bullying victimization have focused on adolescents, but research is sparse regarding school victimization among preadolescents before they transition to adolescence. This study sought to identify latent classes of different types of co-occurring bullying victimization, based on a sample of 3829 school students in grades 5-8, ages 9-14 in the year of 2011 from the Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatchewan, Canada. Results: Using a latent class analysis approach, the results uncovered three groups of victimized students, including those who were aggressively victimized (7.2%), moderately victimized (34.6%) and non-victimized (58.2%). Younger age and being overweight was associated with a higher likelihood of bullying victimization. Moderately and aggressively victimized students had greater probabilities of feeling like an outsider, experiencing anxiety, depressed moods, engaging in suicidal ideation and drinking when compared to non-victimized students. Peer and parent supports had significant protective effects against being victimized. Given the negative consequences of recurrent victimization among the preadolescents, it is imperative to address bullying incidents as they occur to prevent repeated transgressions, especially for those who suffer from multiple types of victimization.

Original language	English
Article number	4989
Journal	BMC Research Notes
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-04989-4
Publication status	Published - Mar 7 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
We thank the Saskatoon Public School Board, the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Board, the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the Saskatoon Health Region for supporting this research. We also acknowledge the Canadian Institutes of Health Research as the funding source for the original survey.

Funding Information:
The design and the collection of the original data for the Student Health Survey were funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. No funding was received for the design, analysis, and interpretation of data for this current study and in writing the manuscript.

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© 2020 The Author(s).

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