TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of weight and disability status on bullying victimisation and perpetration among youth
AU - Haegele, Justin A.
AU - Aigner, Carrie
AU - Healy, Sean
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (The Royal Australasian College of Physicians)
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Aim: The purpose of this analysis was to examine the influence of weight and disability status on rates of bullying victimisation and perpetration among youth. Methods: Data from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health, which included 2716 youth (aged 10–17) with and 23 195 without disabilities in the USA were utilised. Parent-reported measures of height and weight, bullying perpetration and victimisation, and demographic covariates analysed. Descriptive statistics, and multivariable logistic regressions with outcomes of bullying perpetration and victimisation, were generated. Results: In the multivariate analysis, overweight (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04–1.52), obesity (aOR = 2.25, 95% CI 1.83–2.77) and having a disability (aOR = 3.25, 95% CI 2.69–3.92) were related to greater odds of bully victimisation. Both obesity (aOR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.10–2.74) and disability (aOR = 2.74, 95% CI 2.00–3.75) were also related to greater odds of bully perpetration in the multivariate model; overweight status was not related to bully perpetration. Conclusions: Weight status was identified as a characteristic that may increase the risk of bullying victimisation, above and beyond disability. This analysis helps identify that youth with disabilities who are overweight or obese have greater risk factors for bullying and are in need of interventions to ameliorate bullying.
AB - Aim: The purpose of this analysis was to examine the influence of weight and disability status on rates of bullying victimisation and perpetration among youth. Methods: Data from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health, which included 2716 youth (aged 10–17) with and 23 195 without disabilities in the USA were utilised. Parent-reported measures of height and weight, bullying perpetration and victimisation, and demographic covariates analysed. Descriptive statistics, and multivariable logistic regressions with outcomes of bullying perpetration and victimisation, were generated. Results: In the multivariate analysis, overweight (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04–1.52), obesity (aOR = 2.25, 95% CI 1.83–2.77) and having a disability (aOR = 3.25, 95% CI 2.69–3.92) were related to greater odds of bully victimisation. Both obesity (aOR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.10–2.74) and disability (aOR = 2.74, 95% CI 2.00–3.75) were also related to greater odds of bully perpetration in the multivariate model; overweight status was not related to bully perpetration. Conclusions: Weight status was identified as a characteristic that may increase the risk of bullying victimisation, above and beyond disability. This analysis helps identify that youth with disabilities who are overweight or obese have greater risk factors for bullying and are in need of interventions to ameliorate bullying.
KW - interpersonal violence
KW - overweight or obesity
KW - school health
KW - special need
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U2 - 10.1111/jpc.15230
DO - 10.1111/jpc.15230
M3 - Article
C2 - 33070408
AN - SCOPUS:85092642524
SN - 1034-4810
VL - 57
SP - 383
EP - 387
JO - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
JF - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
IS - 3
ER -