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Demographic, Psychological, and School Environment Correlates of Bullying Victimization and School Hassles in Rural Youth

Smokowski, Paul R.
Cotter, Katie L.
Robertson, Caroline
Guo, Shenyang
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Little is known about bullying in rural areas. The participants in this study included 3,610 racially diverse youth (average age = 12.8) from 28 rural schools who completed the School Success Profile-Plus. Binary logistic regression models were created to predict bullying victimization in the past 12 months, and ordered logistic regression was used to predict school hassles in the past 12 months. Overall, 22.71% of the sample experienced bullying victimization and school victimization rates ranged from 11% to 38%. Risk factors for bullying victimization included younger students and students experiencing depression and anxiety. Being female, Hispanic/Latino or African American, was associated with lower bullying victimization. Thirty-nine percent of the sample reported a high level of school hassles. Younger students and students with higher levels of anxiety and depression were at increased risk for school hassles. Students from larger schools reported high levels of school hassles, while students from schools with more teachers with advanced degrees reported fewer school hassles.
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2013
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Paul R. Smokowski, Katie L. Cotter, Caroline Robertson, and Shenyang Guo, “Demographic, Psychological, and School Environment Correlates of Bullying Victimization and School Hassles in Rural Youth,” Journal of Criminology, vol. 2013, Article ID 137583, 13 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/137583
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