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Jun Sung Hong1,2, Jungtae Choi3, Lisa A O'Donnell1

  • 1School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing : JSPN
|December 30, 2022
PubMed

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Family financial struggles increase children's risk of bullying victimization. Healthcare access barriers play a key role in this pathway, highlighting the need for targeted support for at-risk youth.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Economic disadvantage is linked to increased peer victimization risk in children.
  • Existing research is primarily descriptive, lacking empirical testing of underlying mechanisms.
  • Family financial struggles may impact children's vulnerability to bullying.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically test pathways linking family financial struggle to child bullying victimization.
  • To investigate the mediating role of healthcare access barriers in this association.
  • To utilize a nationally representative sample for robust analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional analysis of the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health.
  • Inclusion of 14,374 racially and ethnically diverse caregivers of children aged 6-11 years.
  • Statistical examination of associations between financial struggle, healthcare access, and bullying victimization.

Main Results:

  • Significant positive associations found between family financial struggle and child bullying victimization.
  • Family financial struggle was also positively associated with barriers to healthcare access.
  • Barriers to healthcare access significantly mediated the relationship between financial struggle and bullying victimization.

Conclusions:

  • Family financial struggles represent a significant risk factor for child bullying victimization.
  • Barriers to healthcare access are a crucial mediating factor in this relationship.
  • Findings underscore the need for psychotherapeutic interventions for high-risk children.
Abstract

Keywords:
barriers to healthcarebullying victimizationfamiliesfinancial strugglehealth

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