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Associations Between Peer Harassment and School Risk and Protection Profiles
Kari M Gloppen1, Amy L Gower1, Barbara J McMorris2
1University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Suite 353, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
The Journal of School Health
|October 13, 2017
Summary
School profiles impact student bullying. Diverse, metro-area schools showed lower peer harassment, emphasizing the need to consider community factors in prevention programs.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background:
- Peer harassment significantly affects student success and well-being.
- Effective prevention requires understanding the school context and its associated risk and protective factors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify distinct school profiles based on risk, protective factors, and demographics.
- To examine the relationship between these school profiles and student bullying involvement.
Main Methods:
- Latent profile analysis (LPA) of school-level data from 505 schools and 122,106 students (2013 Minnesota Student Survey).
- Multilevel logistic regression to analyze associations between identified school profiles and peer harassment.
Main Results:
- Six distinct school profiles were identified.
- While higher school-level risk correlated with increased peer harassment in unadjusted models, diverse, metro-area schools reported lower bullying involvement after controlling for student-level factors.
Conclusions:
- The social environment and broader community factors are crucial in peer harassment.
- Bullying prevention strategies should integrate student-level interventions with consideration of community-level influences and norms.
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