Do Anti-Bullying Laws Reduce In-School Victimization, Fear-based Absenteeism, and Suicidality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Youth?
| Autor: | Mary Beth Walker, Kristie L. Seelman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Suicide Prevention Social Psychology Adolescent Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic education Population Poison control Education 03 medical and health sciences Sexual and Gender Minorities 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Injury prevention Absenteeism Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Students health care economics and organizations Crime Victims education.field_of_study Schools 05 social sciences Bullying social sciences Fear Youth Risk Behavior Survey humanities United States Health psychology Suicide Cross-Sectional Studies Law behavior and behavior mechanisms Sexual orientation Bisexuality Female Lesbian Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of youth and adolescence. 47(11) |
| ISSN: | 1573-6601 |
| Popis: | Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are at heightened risk for bullying and other forms of in-school victimization. Anti-bullying laws are a potential policy mechanism for addressing this issue, yet there has been little investigation of the impact of such policies for this population using generalizable samples or quasi-experimental designs. The current study explores whether the presence of state anti-bullying laws predicts lower likelihood of bullying victimization, fear-based absenteeism, in-school threats or injury with a weapon, and suicidality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning high school students in the United States. Based on Youth Risk Behavior Survey data across 22 states from 2005-2015, coupled with data about the presence of general and enumerated anti-bullying laws that include sexual orientation as a protected class, this study analyzes this topic using a quasi-experimental design (linear difference-in-difference models). The results indicate that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning youth (particularly boys aged 15 or younger) experienced less bullying victimization in states with general or enumerated anti-bullying laws. There was modest evidence of a reduction in fear-based absenteeism among boys in states with such laws. However, there was little evidence of a relationship between such policies and in-school threats or injuries or suicidality. Further, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning girls' likelihood of victimization, absenteeism, or suicidality was generally not related to the presence of anti-bullying laws. The results suggest that general and enumerated anti-bullying laws may help reduce bullying victimization for gay, bisexual, and questioning boys. |
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