Immigration status and bullying victimization

Associations across national and school contexts

authored by: Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens, Maartje Boer, Peter F. Titzmann, Alina Cosma, Sophie D. Walsh
Abstract: This study examined whether the association between immigration and bullying victimization differed across immigrant generation, age and national and school context. Data were used from the 2013–14 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study among nationally-representative samples of young people in 26 countries/regions. Multilevel logistic regression analyses showed that first- and second-generation immigrants were more likely to report bullying victimization than non-immigrants. However, differences according to immigration status were more pronounced for first- than second-generation immigrants. For both immigrants and non-immigrants, bullying victimization was less prevalent at older ages. Strikingly, all immigration effects were similar across countries, and only differences in bullying victimization between second-generation immigrant and non-immigrant youth varied across schools. This variation was not related to school-level classmate or teacher support. Findings point to the vulnerability of immigrant youth for bullying victimization throughout Europe.
Organisation(s): Institute of Psychology
External Organisation(s): Utrecht University
Bar-Ilan University
Type: Article
Journal: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Volume: 66
No. of pages: 12
ISSN: 0193-3973
Publication date: 01.2020
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101075 (Access: Closed)
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/407775 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{6ca3fef6648b47d8be11e05f2b15aa88,
title = "Immigration status and bullying victimization: Associations across national and school contexts",
abstract = "This study examined whether the association between immigration and bullying victimization differed across immigrant generation, age and national and school context. Data were used from the 2013–14 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study among nationally-representative samples of young people in 26 countries/regions. Multilevel logistic regression analyses showed that first- and second-generation immigrants were more likely to report bullying victimization than non-immigrants. However, differences according to immigration status were more pronounced for first- than second-generation immigrants. For both immigrants and non-immigrants, bullying victimization was less prevalent at older ages. Strikingly, all immigration effects were similar across countries, and only differences in bullying victimization between second-generation immigrant and non-immigrant youth varied across schools. This variation was not related to school-level classmate or teacher support. Findings point to the vulnerability of immigrant youth for bullying victimization throughout Europe.",
keywords = "Bullying victimization, Contextual variation, Country, Generation, Immigrant, School",
author = "Stevens, {Gonneke W.J.M.} and Maartje Boer and Titzmann, {Peter F.} and Alina Cosma and Walsh, {Sophie D.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank all the adolescents who participated in the HBSC study. The International Coordinators of the HBSC study was Jo Inchley (2013/2014) (University of St Andrews), and the Data Bank Manager was prof. Oddrun Samdal (University of Bergen). For details see www.hbsc.org. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. ",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101075",
language = "English",
volume = "66",
journal = "Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology",
issn = "0193-3973",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}