title: Correlates of bullying behaviors among a sample of North American Indigenous adolescents.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between familial, educational, and psychosocial factors and bullying among 702 North American Indigenous adolescents aged 11-14 years. The study used multinomial logistic regression models to differentiate correlates of bully perpetration and victimization versus being neither and between being a perpetrator versus being a victim. Analyses reveal that being a bully victim had different correlates than being a perpetrator. Perceived discrimination was associated with increased odds of being either a victim or a perpetrator, relative to being neither. Several factors differentiated being a bully perpetrator from being a bully victim: adolescent age, parental warmth and support, depressive symptoms, anger, and school adjustment. These findings expand upon the limited understanding of the factors associated with bullying among North American Indigenous youth. Bullying intervention and prevention programs that target Indigenous adolescents should be culturally grounded and begin early within the family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. lmeland@ksu.edu
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Melander
authors.forename: Kelley J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Sittner Hartshorn
authors.forename: Les B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Whitbeck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000786:Anger; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States
keywords: Bullying; North American Indigenous youth