title: Weight- and race-based bullying: health associations among urban adolescents.
abstract: Stigma-based bullying is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. In a longitudinal study, surveys and physical assessments were conducted with mostly Black and Latino, socioeconomically disadvantaged, urban students. As hypothesized, greater weight- and race-based bullying each was significantly indirectly associated with increased blood pressure and body mass index, as well as decreased overall self-rated health across 2 years, through the mechanism of more negative emotional symptoms. Results support important avenues for future research on mechanisms and longitudinal associations of stigma-based bullying with health. Interventions are needed to reduce stigma-based bullying and buffer adolescents from adverse health effects.
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, USA lrosenthal@pace.edu.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, USA.
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Earnshaw
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, USA.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carroll-Scott
authors.affiliation: Yale University, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, USA.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.affiliation: New Haven Public Schools, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McCaslin
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, USA.
authors.forename: Jeannette R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ickovics
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People / Q000208:ethnology*; D001835:Body Weight; D058445:Bullying; D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D014505:Urban Population; D001741:Black or African American
keywords: bullying; emotional symptoms; health; race; weight