Immigration status and bullying victimization: Associations across national and school contexts

Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens; Maartje Boer; Peter F. Titzmann; Alina Cosma; Sophie D. Walsh

doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101075

Immigration status and bullying victimization: Associations across national and school contexts

Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens
, Maartje Boer
, Peter F. Titzmann
, Alina Cosma
, Sophie D. Walsh

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	101075
Journal	Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Volume	66
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101075
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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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.

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University of St Andrews
Universitetet i Bergen

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Keywords

Bullying victimization
Contextual variation
Country
Generation
Immigrant
School

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