Sangalang Cindy C, Tran Alisia G T T, Ayers Stephanie L, Marsiglia Flavio F
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Tucson, AZ, Mailing address: 340 N. Commerce Park Loop, Suite 250, Tucson, AZ 85745,
Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Mailing address: 446 Payne Hall, MC-0811, Tempe, AZ 85287,
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2016 Feb;61:216-221. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.12.019. Epub 2015 Dec 19.
Little is known about adolescent bullying behavior and its relationship to substance use in ethnic minority populations. In a sample of youth of Mexican heritage, the current study aimed to examine the prevalence of bullying behavior subtypes and its co-occurrence with recent alcohol, cigarette, and inhalant use. Data come from a school-based substance use prevention study in the Southwestern U.S. (n=809). We explored the prevalence of bullying behavior by status among youth classified as bullies, victims, bully-victims, and rarely-involved bully-victims in an urban context. We also investigated risk of past 30-day use of alcohol, cigarettes, and inhalants by bullying behavior status. Compared to non-involved youth, rarely-involved bully-victims were more likely to use alcohol, bullies were more likely to engage in alcohol and cigarette use, and bully-victims were more likely to use alcohol, cigarettes, and inhalants. In contrast, victims were not significantly at risk of substance use compared to non-involved youth. Chronic bullies and bully-victims are particularly at risk for substance use, with chronic bully-victims reflecting the greatest risk of using multiple substances. Prevention and early intervention programs aimed to reduce bullying can also work to decrease other risky behaviors, such as substance use, and should attend to the growing ethnic diversity among youth.
关于少数民族青少年的欺凌行为及其与物质使用的关系，我们所知甚少。在一个具有墨西哥裔血统的青少年样本中，本研究旨在调查欺凌行为亚型的患病率及其与近期酒精、香烟和吸入剂使用的共现情况。数据来自美国西南部一项基于学校的物质使用预防研究（n = 809）。我们探讨了在城市环境中，被归类为欺凌者、受害者、欺凌 - 受害者以及极少参与欺凌的受害者的青少年中，不同状态下欺凌行为的患病率。我们还调查了按欺凌行为状态划分的过去30天内酒精、香烟和吸入剂使用的风险。与未参与的青少年相比，极少参与欺凌的受害者更有可能使用酒精，欺凌者更有可能使用酒精和香烟，而欺凌 - 受害者更有可能使用酒精、香烟和吸入剂。相比之下，与未参与的青少年相比，受害者在物质使用方面没有显著风险。长期欺凌者和欺凌 - 受害者尤其面临物质使用的风险，长期欺凌 - 受害者使用多种物质的风险最大。旨在减少欺凌行为的预防和早期干预项目也可以起到减少其他危险行为（如物质使用）的作用，并且应该关注青少年中日益增长的种族多样性。
