Journal article
Bullying victimization and racial discrimination among Australian children
N Priest, T King, L Bécares, AM Kavanagh
American Journal of Public Health | AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC | Published : 2016
Abstract
Objectives. To compare the prevalence of bullying victimization and racial discrimination by ethnicity. Methods. We completed a cross-sectional analysis of 3956 children aged 12 to 13 years from wave 5 (2011-2012) of the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Results. Bullying victimization and racial discrimination were weakly associated and differently patterned by ethnicity. Children from visible minorities reported less bullying victimization but more racial discrimination than did their peers with Australian-born parents. Indigenous children reported the highest risk of bullying victimization and racial discrimination. Conclusions. Peer victimization and ra..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant
Awarded by ARC Linkage grant
Awarded by UK Economic and Social Research Council Future Research Leaders grant
Awarded by Australian Research Council
Awarded by ESRC
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was partially supported by funding from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant (LP140100413) to N. Priest. An ARC Linkage grant (LP0883727) to A. M. Kavanagh also supported the project. L. Becares was supported by a Hallsworth Research Fellowship and a UK Economic and Social Research Council Future Research Leaders grant (ES/K001582/1).