At-school victimization and violence exposure assessed in a national household survey of children and youth
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2016
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Journal of School Violence
Abstract
This national household telephone survey of youth and parents
assessed exposure to a broad range of at-school victimizations
among a representative sample of 3,391 children and youth ages
5 to 17. Nearly half the sample (48%) had been exposed to at
least one form of victimization at school during the past year (in
2011), most of which was intimidation/bullying (29.8%). Fourteen
percent had been assaulted at school in the past year, 13% had witnessed
an assault, 3.2% had been sexually harassed, and 0.4%,
had been sexually assaulted at school. Twelve percent had an
at-school victimization injury in the past year, and 6% had missed
a day or more of school as a result of their at-school victimization.
Some victimizations, such as weapon assault and sexual assault,
were less prevalent at school than out of school, others, such as
intimidation and sexual harassment, were more common.
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Keywords
bullying, school victimization, theft, sexual assault, harrassment, vandalism
Citation
Finkelhor, D., Vanderminden, J., Turner, H., Shattuck, A., & Hamby, S. (2016). At-school victimization and violence exposure assessed in a national household survey of children and youth. Journal of School Violence, 15(1), 67-90.