There’s a tear in my beer: Bullying victimisation and young teenage drinking in Sweden

Joakim Wahlström, Bitte Modin, Johan Svensson, Petra Löfstedt and Sara Brolin Låftman

Children and Youth Services Review, 2023, vol. 154, issue C

Abstract: Victims of bullying are at an increased risk not only of developing adverse mental health, but also of engaging in health risk behaviours. One way in which adolescents may cope with the health-related consequences of bullying victimisation is through substance use such as alcohol and narcotics, as posited by the self-medication hypothesis. Indeed, previous research has found a link between traditional (face-to-face) bullying victimisation and alcohol use among adolescents, albeit with some inconsistencies. However, studies examining both traditional bullying and cyberbullying among youth often report an association only between cyberbullying victimisation and drinking. The current study seeks to add to this field of research by analysing the predictive capacity of traditional and cyberbullying victimisation for youth drinking whilst also adjusting for bullying perpetration and sociodemographic characteristics. In the analyses, we distinguished between occasional and frequent victimisation, and performed separate investigations of how specific types of traditional bullying and cyberbullying victimisation are related to youth drinking.

Keywords: Bullying; Cyberbullying; Victimization; Alcohol use; Drunkenness; Adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107123

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