a Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs , Penn State Harrisburg , Harrisburg , PA , USA.
b Graduate Assistant, Department of Sociology , University of Central Florida , Orlando , FL , USA.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2018 Apr-Jun;50(2):133-142. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2017.1371362. Epub 2017 Sep 22.
The current research examines the association between bullying victimization, binge drinking, and marijuana use among adolescents. We seek to determine if this association varies based on the type of bullying experienced, traditional or cyberbullying. We used data from the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative sample of high school students in the United States. The dependent variables were binge drinking and marijuana use. Our key independent variable, bullying victimization, included both traditional and cyberbullying. We estimated logistic regression models, by gender, to examine the association between bullying victimization and substance use. About 25% of the sample reported bullying victimization, including 10.39% for only traditional, 5.47% for only cyber, and 9.26% for both. Traditional bullying was not significantly associated with binge drinking, but was negatively related to marijuana use. Being the victim of cyberbullying and both types of bullying was significantly associated with binge drinking and marijuana use. We also found important gender differences. The current research adds to a growing list of studies that suggests that cyberbullying is associated with more adverse outcomes than traditional bullying. Bullying prevention and intervention efforts should focus on reducing cyberbullying and providing adolescents with the skills needed to effectively deal with cyberbullying.
当前的研究考察了欺凌受害、狂饮和青少年使用大麻之间的关联。我们试图确定这种关联是否因所经历的欺凌类型（传统欺凌或网络欺凌）而异。我们使用了来自 2013 年美国青少年风险行为调查的数据，这是美国高中生的全国代表性样本。因变量是狂饮和使用大麻。我们的主要自变量是欺凌受害，包括传统欺凌和网络欺凌。我们按性别估计了逻辑回归模型，以检验欺凌受害与物质使用之间的关联。大约 25%的样本报告了欺凌受害，其中仅传统欺凌占 10.39%，仅网络欺凌占 5.47%，两者都有的占 9.26%。传统欺凌与狂饮无显著关联，但与大麻使用呈负相关。遭受网络欺凌和两种类型的欺凌都与狂饮和使用大麻显著相关。我们还发现了重要的性别差异。当前的研究增加了越来越多的研究，这些研究表明网络欺凌比传统欺凌更会导致不良后果。欺凌预防和干预工作应侧重于减少网络欺凌，并为青少年提供有效应对网络欺凌所需的技能。
