Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: We characterized bullying among rural adolescents and examined the association between asthma and bullying victimization. METHODS: = 1905; 44.5% Black) were students attending rural high schools who were screened for a randomized trial to address uncontrolled asthma. Screening questions asked students about asthma diagnosis and symptoms, bullying victimization, and demographic characteristics. Logistic regression analyses with school as a fixed effect were employed to examine the extent to which demographic factors, asthma diagnosis, asthma status (i.e. current asthma, no asthma, possible undiagnosed asthma), and among those with current asthma, asthma severity, were associated with bullying victimization. Sensitivity analyses using bullying frequency as the outcome were also conducted. RESULTS: 26.0% reported being bullied. Younger age and self-identifying as White were associated with increased risk of bullying victimization. Compared to those with no asthma, those with current asthma or possible undiagnosed asthma were at increased risk for bullying victimization (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.46; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.76-3.46 and AOR = 2.42; 95% CI = 1.87-3.14, respectively). Among those with current asthma, persistent symptoms increased the risk for bullying victimization (AOR = 2.59; 95% CI = 1.45-4.71). Similar results were obtained with sensitivity analyses. CONCLUSIONS: In a large rural community cohort, asthma was associated with bullying victimization. Findings suggest that rural students with asthma, with or without diagnosis, could benefit from schools creating inclusive environments that reduce victimization based on this medical condition. School administrators should foster environments that are accepting of all students' abilities and statuses, and healthcare providers can provide proper asthma management education to these adolescents.
Source: Journal of Asthma
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Translating an Evidence-based Urban Asthma Program for Rural Adolescents: Testing Effectiveness & Cost-effectiveness and Understanding Factors Associated with Implementation, Interpersonal- and Community-Level Risk Factors for Adolescent Obesity: An Examination of Sexual Identity, School Violence, and School Climate in a Large Sample of Urban Adolescents, Establishing an Artificially Intelligent Framework for Improving Therapeutic Alliance with Obese African American Youth and Caregivers through Multimodal Monitoring of Empathetic Accuracy and Interper
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