Perceived Weight and Bullying Victimization in Boys and Girls

Autor/inn/en	Carey, Felicia R.; Wilkinson, Anna V.; Ranjit, Nalini; Mandell, Dorothy; Hoelscher, Deanna M.
Titel	Perceived Weight and Bullying Victimization in Boys and Girls
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 88 (2018) 3, S.217-226 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Carey, Felicia R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12600
Schlagwörter	Body Weight; Bullying; Victims of Crime; Grade 11; Physical Activities; Nutrition; State Surveys; Public Schools; Gender Differences; Adolescent Attitudes; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpergewicht; Mobbing; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Ernährung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Background: Research suggests that perceived weight poses separate risks from objective weight on adolescents' risks of being bullied. We examined if the prevalence of bullying victimization differed by perceived and objective weight status, and how these associations varied by sex. Methods: Data were analyzed for 6716 8th and 11th graders from the School Physical Activity and Nutrition project, a Texas statewide survey of public school students. Participants reported demographics, bullying victimization, and weight perceptions. Height and weight were measured. Results: In the last 6 months, 10.8% of students reported being bullied. Nearly 70% of normal weight and overweight and 50% of obese adolescents perceived themselves as weighing the right amount. Perceiving oneself as weighing too little or too much was significantly associated with increased bullying victimization (p < 0.05 for both), whereas objective weight was not. Statistical interactions between perceived weight and sex were significantly associated with victimization (p < 0.05) among boys only; boys who perceived themselves as weighing too little had higher predicted probabilities of victimization. Conclusions: Perceived weight may play a greater role in bullying victimization than objective weight, especially among boys. Interventions to prevent bullying should consider adolescents' self-perceptions of weight to effectively identify those at greater risk for victimization. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01