Bullying victimization among underweight and overweight U.S. youth: differential associations for boys and girls.
To examine the associations between body weight and physical, verbal, relational, and cyber victimization among U.S. boys and girls in grade 6 through 10. Underweight boys and girls were more likely to be physical and relational victims, respectively. Overweight boys and obese girls were more likely to be verbal victims.
Wang
Jing
J
Prevention Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. wangji2@mail.nih.gov
Iannotti
Ronald J
RJ
Luk
Jeremy W
JW
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D011287:Prejudice; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*