Thakkar Niharika, van Geel Mitch, Malda Maike, Rippe Ralph C A, Vedder Paul
Department of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Aggress Behav. 2021 Mar;47(2):236-246. doi: 10.1002/ab.21942. Epub 2020 Dec 17.
Past research has shown concurrent associations between adolescent's body mass index (BMI) and classroom bullying victimization experiences. The goal of this three-wave longitudinal study is to examine a transactional model of associations between BMI and bullying victimization among adolescents in India. We investigate concurrent unidirectional and bidirectional relations between BMI and victimization. In a sample of 1238 students from nine schools (Grades 7-9; M-age = 13.15, SD = 1.16) in Indore, India, we used self- and peer-reports to measure bullying victimization in the classroom, and objective measurement of students' height and weight to collect data on adolescents' BMI, across three waves in one school year. Structural equational modeling was used to test transactional relations between BMI and bullying victimization. For self-reported victimization, there was no concurrent or over time association between BMI and victimization for boys or girls in the present study. For peer-reported victimization, we observed concurrent associations between BMI and victimization for boys and girls and a prospective relation where higher BMI corresponded to less victimization over time for boys. The study yielded mainly concurrent relations between BMI and victimization among adolescents in India. Results from western countries may not generalize to India.
过去的研究表明，青少年的体重指数（BMI）与在课堂上受欺凌的经历之间存在并发关联。这项三波纵向研究的目的是检验印度青少年中BMI与受欺凌之间的一种相互作用模型。我们调查BMI与受欺凌之间的并发单向和双向关系。在印度印多尔市九所学校（7至9年级；平均年龄 = 13.15，标准差 = 1.16）的1238名学生样本中，我们使用自我报告和同伴报告来衡量课堂上的受欺凌情况，并通过客观测量学生的身高和体重来收集青少年BMI的数据，在一学年内分三波进行。采用结构方程模型来检验BMI与受欺凌之间的相互作用关系。对于自我报告的受欺凌情况，在本研究中，男孩或女孩的BMI与受欺凌之间不存在并发或随时间变化的关联。对于同伴报告的受欺凌情况，我们观察到男孩和女孩的BMI与受欺凌之间存在并发关联，并且对于男孩存在一种前瞻性关系，即随着时间推移，较高的BMI对应较少的受欺凌情况。该研究主要得出了印度青少年中BMI与受欺凌之间的并发关系。西方国家的研究结果可能不适用于印度。
