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- Title
Self-Perceptions and Factors Associated With Being Put Down at School Among Middle and High School Students.
- Authors
Bowman, Ashley; Knack, Jennifer M.; Barry, Adam E.; Merianos, Ashley L.; Wilson, Kelly L.; McKyer, E. Lisako J.; Smith, Matthew Lee
- Abstract
This study assessed the prevalence of verbally being put down by others and intrapersonal and normative factors associated with being put down by others among middle and high school students. Students (N = 1,027) completed the Adolescent Health Risk Behavior Survey. Over 16% of participants reported being put down at school. Students who identified with the negative words confused, unattractive, dull, and careless and identified less with the positive words popular, smart, considerate, cool, and self-confident reported being put down by others. High school students were less likely to be put down. As students scored higher on the Negative Self-Description Scale, their odds of being put down increased. As students scored higher on the Positive Self-Description Scale, their odds of being put down decreased. Students who perceived their friends drinking alcohol regularly were less likely to be put down. Strategies to enhance self-perceptions to raise self-awareness and form healthy/positive identities are needed.
- Subjects
INDIANA; SCHOOL environment; CONFIDENCE intervals; SELF-perception; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGY of middle school students; RISK assessment; T-test (Statistics); SCHOOL nursing; PSYCHOLOGY of high school students; INTERPERSONAL relations; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE prevalence; QUESTIONNAIRES; CHI-squared test; ODDS ratio; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis software; STUDENT attitudes; BULLYING; INVECTIVE
- Publication
Journal of School Nursing, 2021, Vol 37, Issue 4, p270
- ISSN
1059-8405
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1059840519864144