完善反欺凌法律和政策以保护青少年免受基于体重的侵害：家长对行动的支持。

Improving anti-bullying laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based victimization: parental support for action.

作者信息

Puhl R M, Suh Y, Li X

机构信息

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA.

Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA.

出版信息

Pediatr Obes. 2017 Apr;12(2):e14-e19. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12129. Epub 2016 Apr 26.

DOI:10.1111/ijpo.12129

PMID:27113351

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Weight-based bullying is a prevalent problem among youth with overweight and obesity, but remains neglected in existing policy-level strategies to address youth bullying. Parental support is an influential catalyst motivating political will for policy decisions affecting youth, but has received limited research attention.

OBJECTIVES

To assess levels of, and predictors of, parental support for school-based policies and state/federal legal measures to address weight-based bullying in 2014 and 2015.

METHODS

Identical online questionnaires were completed by two independent national samples of parents in 2014 and 2015 (N = 1804).

RESULTS

Parental support for all policy actions was high (at least 81%) and significantly increased from 2014 to 2015 for legal measures that would a) require state anti-bullying laws to add protections against weight-based bullying, and b) enact a federal anti-bullying law that includes weight-based bullying.

CONCLUSIONS

These findings can inform policy discourse about remedies for youth bullying, and suggest that parental support for improved legal protections against weight-based bullying is present, consistent, and strong.

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