Ganson Kyle T, Nagata Jason M
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada.
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA.
Child Adolesc Social Work J. 2021;38(6):631-640. doi: 10.1007/s10560-020-00689-x. Epub 2020 Aug 4.
Gun carrying and bullying victimization are associated among adolescent boys, however the type of the bullying remains relatively unknown. This study aimed to identify whether experiencing bullying victimization based on gender and sexual orientation is associated with carrying a gun to school among adolescent boys. A cross-sectional analysis among a representative sample of high school boys ( = 3672) from the 2015 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey was conducted. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were obtained using logistic regression analyses while controlling for grade level, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, suicidal ideation, alcohol and marijuana use, and gun access. Among the sample, 3.3% reported carrying a gun to school at least one time in the previous 12-months, 9.5% reported experiencing gender-based bullying victimization, and 7% reported experiencing sexual orientation-based bullying victimization. Regression analyses indicated that adolescent boys who experienced gender-based bullying victimization (OR 3.40, 95% CI 1.64, 5.62, < .001) or sexual orientation-based bullying victimization (OR 3.57, 95% CI 1.91, 6.67, < .001) had greater odds of reporting they carried a gun to school while controlling for grade level, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, suicidal ideation, alcohol and marijuana use, and gun access. These results expand upon previous gun carrying and bullying research by identifying the specific type of the bullying experienced and have important implications for social workers and school personnel. Importantly, these results emphasize the need to address two of the Grand Challenges for Social Work: building healthy relationships to end violence and ensuring the healthy development for all youth.
在青少年男孩中，携带枪支与遭受欺凌存在关联，然而欺凌的类型仍相对不明。本研究旨在确定基于性别和性取向遭受欺凌是否与青少年男孩携带枪支上学有关。对2015年缅因州青少年综合健康调查中具有代表性的高中男生样本（n = 3672）进行了横断面分析。在控制年级水平、种族/族裔、性取向、自杀意念、酒精和大麻使用以及枪支获取情况的同时，使用逻辑回归分析获得优势比（OR）和95%置信区间（CI）。在样本中，3.3%报告在过去12个月中至少有一次携带枪支上学，9.5%报告遭受基于性别的欺凌，7%报告遭受基于性取向的欺凌。回归分析表明，在控制年级水平、种族/族裔、性取向、自杀意念、酒精和大麻使用以及枪支获取情况后，遭受基于性别的欺凌（OR 3.40，95% CI 1.64，5.62，P <.001）或基于性取向的欺凌（OR 3.57，95% CI 1.91，6.67，P <.001）的青少年男孩报告携带枪支上学的几率更高。这些结果通过确定所经历的欺凌的具体类型，扩展了先前关于携带枪支和欺凌的研究，对社会工作者和学校工作人员具有重要意义。重要的是，这些结果强调了应对社会工作的两大重大挑战的必要性：建立健康关系以结束暴力，确保所有青少年的健康发展。
