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School Bullying in African American Adolescents: an Examination of Contributing Factors

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dc.contributorStellefson, Michael
dc.contributorBradley, Lilanta
dc.contributorCasper, Deborah
dc.contributor.advisorEke, Ransome
dc.contributor.advisorTurner, Lori
dc.contributor.authorBallard, Dashauna
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-05T20:07:11Z
dc.date.available2022-07-05T20:07:11Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Black adolescents are primarily identified as perpetrators of bullying incidents in literature. However, research has shown that bullying occurs more frequently in this group than shown in the literature. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the interrelationship between intrapersonal (grade level, gender, family income, and family structure), interpersonal (peer relationships), institutional (school climate), and community factors (exposure to violence) and the occurrence of bullying victimization among Black adolescents in the US. using the Social Ecological Model and the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory as a framework. Methods: The aims of this study were accomplished via statistical analysis of the 2017 School Crime Supplement of the National Crime and Victimization Survey. Variables for this study were analyzed using Chi-square analysis and binary logistic regression. Results: Results from these analyses provided significant evidence of multi-level factors contributing to bullying in Black adolescents. Gender, grade level, school climate, family structure, parent marital status, peer relationships, school activities, crime, income, and exposure to violence were found to have meaningful impacts on the occurrence of bullying victimization in this population. Conclusion: Future work should examine bullying victimization from a longitudinal perspective to find links between bullying and health outcomes across the lifespan.en_US
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otherhttp://purl.lib.ua.edu/184243
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0004292
dc.identifier.otherBallard_alatus_0004D_14769
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/8510
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAfrican American
dc.subjectBlack
dc.subjectBullying
dc.subjectPrevention
dc.subjectSchool Health
dc.titleSchool Bullying in African American Adolescents: an Examination of Contributing Factorsen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Health Science
etdms.degree.disciplinePublic health education
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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